“It's best to let her go," he says.No, no, that's wrong. It's never right to give up on someone.”

“It's never right to give up on someone.”

“Bet you never eat, he says. Bet you drink up the oxygen like it's butter. Bet you can go for days on nothing but thoughts.”

“There's a hazy smile on her lips that won't go away, and her hair is a mess. It's like a brushfire filled with casualties.”

“Her mind is a bird that's trapped inside her skull, flapping and thrashing, never breaking free.”

“It's best not to wonder at what cost. Freedom is the only price to pay for anything in this place.”

“He needs to grieve," I tell her. "He'll come find us when he's ready.""Rose is never going to be dead," she says, too disheartened to sound bitter.”