“I wanted you to go away, because it hurts to be with you when I can't see you.”

“He said, ‘The moment I began to love you was the moment when you saw your fiddle smashed on the ground, and you turned away from me and cried against your horse. Your sadness is one of the things that makes you beautiful to me. Don’t you see that? I understand it. It makes my own sadness less frightening.”

“I don't want to love you if you're only going to die.”

“You're good at love," she said simply, because it seemed to her that it was true. "I'm not so good at love. I'm like a barbed creature. I push everyone I love away."He shrugged. "I don't mind you pushing me away if it means you love me, little sister.”

“Well. I always like it when you kiss me.Do you?You're good at it.Well, that's lucky, because I'll always be kissing you.”

“I push everyone I love away." He shrugged. "I don't mind you pushing me away if it means you love me, little sister.”

“Tell me what I can do to help you feel better."Well...I always like when you kiss me..."Do you?"You're good at it. "Well, that's lucky. Because I'll always be kissing you.”