“But what is it that makes a person want to stay here on this earth anyway, and go on suffering the most awful pain just for the sake of getting to stay? I used to think it was because people fear death. But now I think it is because people can't bear saying goodbye.”
“People aren't used to that way of thinking, they want everything to stay the same. And the consequence of that is pain.”
“Because I think that's what love is- everything but children's love, anyway - loving the wounds we give each other, and that we can't help giving each other; you can't stay alive if you don't hurt people.”
“People are going to say what they want to say and think what they want to think, and I can't change their minds.”
“There's genuine pain in Eric's eyes. And I feel a stab of guilt. But you can't stay with people because of guilt.”
“Personally, I think they killed the bear because they were afraid of it. That s what people do, kill the things they re afraid of.”