“She had always feared she might die alone, but she was not alone.”

“Mistakes were made long ago. It is someone else's fault. We can't be held responsible, but we are very sorry.”

“The very face of evil was love.”

“I am a very slutty reader.”

“Stop torturing yourself, her friends said. Stop living in the past. He was gone. Capital G--Gone. He wasn't coming back. She should focus not on the pain, but on the possibility. Something good would come from all this heartache, something always did. Everything, her friends told her, happened for a reason. She should start looking for the silver lining. She thought she might start looking for new friends.”

“Marriage," she said quietly, "is the most expensive ticket to nowhere”

“No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer it has chosen.”