“I thought again how odd it was to be on formal terms with someone you had once permitted to lick your ears.”
“Watching them, I thought again of how we can't expect everybody to be there for us, all at once. So it's a lucky thing that really, all you need is someone.”
“Why are you here? Did you come to try to kill me again?” “Oddly enough, no. I—I had a bad dream. I needed to talk to someone.”
“You may do this, I tell you, it is permitted. Begin again the story of your life.”
“When she finally finished a few minutes later, it was hard to tell if she was even aware that the crowds had thinned... Watching them, I thought again of how we can't expect everybody to be there for us, all at once. So it's a lucky thing that really, all you need is someone.”
“Odd, how in the afterglow of someone else’s life, your own looks so much brighter.”