“You build a wall to keep something unwanted out … or to hold something precious in.”

“How could you go about choosing something that would hold the half of your heart you had to bury?”

“for 100,000 (dollars), you [can] flatten a house with a wrecking ball. Imagine how much less it [takes] to destroy something than it [does] to build it in the first place.”

“I don't understand why it's a sin if you love something and want to keep it from having to suffer.”

“Just because you keep something a secret doesn't mean it never happened, no matter how much you want that to be true.”

“A woman isn't all that different from a bonfire. A fire's a beautiful thing, right? Something you can't take your eyes off, when it's burning. If you can keep it contained, it'll throw light and heat for you. It's only when it gets out of control that you have to go on the offensive.”

“After all, once you know that part of something exists, it stands to reason that the rest of it is somewhere out there, too.”