“You're saying things you can't take back. And you don't even mean them.”

“Stop saying that! You sound absurd, and I don't even think you mean it. Besides, I'd never marry you," I told him. "I'm sixteen, and you're a slut, and you can't stop saying preposterous things!""True," he admitted. He kissed me on the lips and then I closed the door.”

“...and there you have it, another body on the floor surrounded by things that don't mean much to anyone except to the one who can't take any of them along. ”

“You know, when you're unhappy you don't have the strength left to take care of others. But it doesn't mean you don't love them.”

“Just remember that certain things you see, you can't take them back. And no amount of wishing will make them go away.”

“Words are real. Even if you can't see them, or hold them. Once you send them out in the world, they have power. Never speak words you don't mean.”