“You know the best thing about heroes, Jaime? They all die young and leave more women for the rest of us.”

“Jaime smiled knowingly. Men will read all sorts of things into a knowing smile if you let them.”

“Do you know the best thing about broken hearts? They can only really break once the rest is just scratches.”

“People mess up, you know? But you can’t see past it. It’s like you choose one thing about them—the worst thing—and say, ‘That’s who they are,’ and ignore the rest of it. Why not choose the best thing about them instead? Or the thing they do the most?”

“I know one thing about men," Bunny says with finality, leaving the room to check on A. "They never die when you want them to.”

“Have you noticed how easily the very young die? They make the best martyrs for any cause, the best soldiers, the best suicides. It's because they're held here so lightly: they haven't yet accumulated loves and responsibilities and commitments and all the things that tie us securely to this world. They can let go of it as easily and simply as lifting a finger. But as you get older, you begin to find things that are worth holding onto, forever.”