“An apology with a defense built in isn't much of an apology”

“she didn't need anyone. At Wheeler, even when she stood out with her pink hair and quilter army-surplus jacket and combat bots, she did this without apology. It was a great irony that the very fact of a relationship with her would diminish her appeal, that the moment she came to love me back and depend on me as much as I depended on her, she would no longer be a truly independent spirit. No way in hell was I going to be the one to take that quality away from her.”

“Isn't it amazing how, when you strip away everything, people are so much alike?”

“Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.”

“That maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.”

“the people you love can surprise you every day... maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.”

“I close my eyes, rub my thumb against the bridge of my nose to ward off the headache. Well, Rome wasn't built in a day.”