“He wished he could be anywhere else and anyone else but Here and Him.”

“She was so beautiful tonight he knew he would die of it. He hated that anyone else should see it. He wished it were something he alone could see. And he knew he was alone, that nobody saw it but him. And he knew that everyone could see it. And still no one could but him.”

“He felt that he was himself and did not wish to be anyone else. He only wished now to be better than he had been formerly”

“How else could he go on, except with merciful incomprehension held before him like a shield? How could anyone?”

“I wish that I did not have to tell him this lie, when he knows more of my truth than anyone else in the world.”

“I came here so that no one else would die. I came here to protect as many people as I could. And I care more about Tobias's safety than anyone else's. So why am I here, if he's here? What's the point?”