“I've given you everything a friend can give, Joe Saul-even contempt, and that's the hardest thing of all.”

“Before you can be anything, you have to be yourself. That's the hardest thing to find.”

“I wish I knew who I am," I whispered to the stars in Baya's eyes.Slowly, Baya shook his head. "Oh, Dust Girl, that's the hardest wish of all. Not even Baya can give you that one. That one you earn.”

“I've made peace with myself.Good for you. That's the hardest war of all to win.Didn't say I won. Just stopped fighting.”

“All I ever wanted, all I ever dreamed of, Everything I hoped, and all the things I prayed forCouldn't hold a candle to what I've been given,I've been given what I need.”

“You might think what I tell you next is all a dream, or that I've imagined it. I can't help it if that's what you think, but I swear it's true. Sometimes the truest things are the hardest to believe.”