“I want to talk WITH someone, not be talked at BY someone.”
“I need someone to talk to. Well, not exactly talk. I need someone to listen.”
“He sits down on the edge of the bed. “I wanted to talk to someone who wasn’t food or family.” There’s no humor in his thin smile. “I wanted to talk to someone who had enough courage to take what she wanted.”
“I wanted to talk to someone. But who? It’s moments like this, when you need someone the most, that your world seems smallest.”
“That's what death is, Danny thought: wanting to talk to someone and not being able to.”
“I have to talk to someone or risk explosion.”