“You are the best of us. We are the best of you. What becomes of us will, inevitably, become of you. That is why you should care. That is why I write.I end this chapter, then, with broken silence, broken vows, broken trust. Our secrets are yours now; I pray you use them well.”

“I speak to the broken halves of all our selves and tell them to embrace, loving the worst in us equally with the best.”

“You should be more careful. You could have broken your neck or as big as you are landed on someone and killed them. (Tory)”

“Why did you betray your own heart Cathy? I have not one word of comfort. You deserve this. You have killed yourself. ... You loved me - then what right had you to leave me? Because ... nothing God or satan could inflict would have parted us, you, of your own will, did it. I have not broken your heart - you have broken it; and in breaking it, you have broken mine. So much the worse for me that I am strong. Do I want to live? What kind of living will it be when you - oh God! would you like to live with your soul in the grave? [...] I forgive what you have done to me. I love my murderer - but yours! How can I?”

“I don't know why I ever helped you.""You like broken things.”

“I have not broken your heart - you have broken it; and in breaking it, you have broken mine.”