“And it was easier to let him keep on touching me than ask him to stop, easier to let him inside than to push him away, easier than hearing him ask me, "Why not?" It was easier to keep quiet and take it than to give him an answer.”

“I loved Alex so much that it was easier to let him hurt me than to watch him hurt himself.”

“I can see her, chin to chest, straining to push Junior out, and Junior snagging on her insides, grabbing hold of what he caught on to try to stay inside her, but instead he pulled it out with him when he was born.”

“I will not let him see until none of us have any choices about what can be seen, what can be avoided, what is blind, and what will turn us to stone.”

“It is much easier to pray for a bore than to go visit him.”

“Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.”

“You know, there are easier ways to meet a guy than to run him over.”