“And what about you-the rest of you-did you notice the scars you left behind? No. Probably not.”
“Of all the priceless objects left behind, this is what we rescue. These artifacts. Memory cues. Useless souvenirs. Nothing you could auction. The scars left from happiness.”
“Peter finds the lost, the left-behind, the abused. Is that not why you are here? Did Peter not save you?”
“What you have lost will not be returned to you; it always be lost. You’re left with only your scars to mark the void. All you can choose to do is go on, or not. But if you go on, it’s knowing you carry your scars with you.”
“if you focus on what you have left behind, you will never be able to see what lies ahead”
“She'd be one of those parents who left a kid behind at a rest stop, driving for miles before she noticed. We'd hear about her on the evening news.”