“The Focal must hold magic, light and dark, together long enough for it to mend.” “How long does it take to mend?” “No one’s survived long enough for us to know.” I could see why people weren’t rushing to volunteer.”

“I'm not sure how long we sit in Josh's truck, holding hands surrounded by darkness and regrets. But it's long enough to know that there are no stories or secrets in the world worth holding onto more than his hand.”

“I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken - and I'd rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived. ”

“I'm not sure how long we sit in Josh's truck, holding hands, surrounded by darkness and unspoken regrets. But it's long enough to know that there are no stories or secrets in the world worth holding onto more than his hand.”

“How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.”

“i fight with love and i laugh with rage....you gotta live light enough to see the humor, and long enough to see some change...”