“Dreaming was easier than screaming, and screaming was easier than worrying, and worrying was easier than crying, which was what she knew she would be reduced to if she didn’t keep a hard eye on herself.”
“And it was easier to let him keep on touching me than ask him to stop, easier to let him inside than to push him away, easier than hearing him ask me, "Why not?" It was easier to keep quiet and take it than to give him an answer.”
“It's a lot easier, she realized, to be on the verge of something than to actually be it. This would still take time.”
“It's much easier, she realized, to be on the verge of something than to actually be it.”
“She said people found running to something easier than running from something.”