“I don't think your missing pieces ever fit inside you again once they go missing.”

“The missing piece in his stomach hurt so much-and eventually he stopped thinking about the Theorem and wondered only how something that isn't there can hurt you.”

“We all miss you so much. It just never ends. It feels like we were all wounded in your battle, Caroline. I miss you. I love you.”

“I missed the future.”

“But then again, if you don't imagine, nothing ever happens at all.”

“That feeling of finishedness does not come all at once, and it is not easily won, but I think once you get there it is hard to go back.”

“I don't think you can ever fill the empty space with the thing you lost.”