“Live a little," she tells me. "You're never going to experience anything if you wait around for perfect conditions.”

“I am perfectly qualified to give you an injection. You're not going to tell me you're afraid of a little prick?""I wouldn't call you that...”

“Waiting around to be perfect never amounts to anything. Don't be a waiter or you'll be serving other people.”

“Caroline had a theory about relationships. 'You're much happier when you wait," she used to tell me. 'The ones that come to you are the only ones worth anything. It's like standing on the shore and spotting something in the water. You can splash around and try to get it, ot you can wait and see if the tide brings it in.”

“Keep looking only at me. There is no danger. You're perfectly safe. I've got you. I've always got you. You're mine. I will never let go. I will always protect you. You are my life now. Do you understand anything I'm saying?”

“I won't say anything, but you should tell them. It's not weakness to admit you're not perfect.”