“I said I wouldn't leave her.”
“I lost a child," she said, meeting Lusa's eyes directly. "I thought I wouldn't live through it. But you do. You learn to love the place somebody leaves behind for you.”
“When it was her turn to say good-bye, Aryal said, "Don't do anything I wouldn't do."Niniane opened and closed her mouth. She said, "I have no idea how to respond to that.”
“I can’t leave now. I like her too much. There, I said it. But I won’t say it again.”
“I wonder if a time would come when he wouldn't leave after spending thirty minutes in a room with me, but I know it isn't me he is running from. It is her.”
“I wouldn't mind leaving myself behind if I could, but I don't know the way out.”