“Things change after you die, though, I guess because dying is the loneliest thing you can do.”

“For years that's been the buzzword of the house: Sam just wants to be left alone... ...Things change after you die, though -- I guess because dying is about the loneliest thing you can do.”

“It's an incredible thing, how you can feel so taken care of by someone and yet feel, also, like you would die or do anything just for the chance to protect him back.”

“I guess there are some things you never get used to.”

“And I guess that's when it starts to hit me: the whole point is, you do what you can.”

“Still, I worry. They say that in the old days, love drovepeople to madness. That’s bad enough. The Book of Shhhalso tells stories of those who died because of love lost ornever found, which is what terrifies me the most.The deadliest of all deadly things: It kills you both whenyou have it and when you don’t”

“I guess that’s just part of loving people: You have to give things up. Sometimes you even have to give them up.”