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

“But you remind me so much of her.""I-I do?""Yes." Addie gifted him with a smile."Because I love you both.”

“What you notice is the loneliness. Daniel started to isolate himself, because it hurt less than being pushed away.”

“DO you think it hurts to die?" Not as much as it hurts to live, Trixie thought.”

“I didn’t want to invade hisprivacy; I didn’t want to fight with him; I didn’t want anyone else to ever hurt him. I just wantedhim to be a child forever.” She glanced up, crying harder now. “But you can’t do that, if you’re aparent. Because part of your job is letting them grow up.”

“someone who could love so hard and so well could also hate, and hurt, as deeply”

“As it turned out, hell wasn't watching the people you love get hurt; it was coming in during the second act, when it was already too late to stop it from happening.”