“I'd rather be miserable and free than happy and caged.”

“He looked as shocked as if I'd asked him to masturbate in front of me.”

“Wanna see the rest of my happy place?”

“If I had the power to resurrect, I'd use it on you." Now he was the one whispering. "There's an important part of you that's dead: the part that cares.”

“I had the craziest idea that if I looked closely enough, maybe tilted his head toward the light, I'd be able to see into his brain.”

“Wanting to connect doesn't make you needy--it makes you human.”

“Even if you were Hannibal Lecter himself, around here you're nothing special.”