“It was nice not having to be the one in control, for a little while. It was nice to be the one who was protected, instead of the one who'd been protecting eveyone else.”

“there's something nice about knowing that i'm not the only one who doesn't quite fit the part.”

“The nurses, I have already learned, are the ones who give us the answers we’re desperate for. Unlike the doctors, who fidget like they need to be somewhere else, the nurses patiently answer us as if we are the first set of parents to ever have this kind of meeting with them, instead of the thousandth.”

“In other words, what looks like cruel and heartless from one angle might, from another, actually be the only way to protect your family. -Lucas”

“I have always envied people who believe strongly in religion, people who could face a tragedy by praying and know that it would be all right. As unscientific as it seems, well, it would be nice to lay the responsibilities and pain on someone else's larger shoulders.”

“What if the one I choose to discount is one who has been truly hurt?”

“You’ll tell yourself anything you have to, to pretend that you’re still the one in control.”