“For the first time I was learning how much easier it was to leave than to stay behind and love.”
“They stayed, many of them, because staying was easier and less scary than leaving,”
“Imagine how much easier it would be for us to learn how to love if we began with a shared definition.”
“All this time, I thought we were growing apart because I was leaving Lena behind. But really it was the reverse. She was learning to lie.She was learning to love.”
“Sometimes it's easier to be the one who leaves than the one who is left behind.”
“It's so much easier to let people down than to stay strong.”