“Rain Valley newcomers pretty much fell into two groups: people running away from something and people running away from everything.”
“If you treat an animal right, they don't run away. They're not like us. They run away from people they don't trust; most times we run away from ourselves.”
“Life doesn't run away from nobody. Life runs at people.”
“People pursue things. As soon as they have them they run away from them.”
“I want to be two people at once. One runs away.”
“Angel says that rich people don't like to tolerate much. Money gives you permission to just walk away from everything that isn't pretty and perfect. You can't put up with anything less than lovely. You spend your life running, avoiding, escaping.”