“You turned your back on me when I needed you.”
“You see but your shadow when you turn your back to the sun.”
“You failed her when you turned your back on what you are.”
“No, Nathan, no." She wrapped his face in her hands. "I just need you--all of you--so much that I'm going crazy. I need your laugh. I need your company. I need you to sleep beside me and I need you to wake when I wake. I need you with everything in me.”
“I don't need you on your back for anything Martise, unless you want to go star-gazing with me.”
“When you turn your back on hypocrisy and do nothing you don’t change the hearts of others you change yours.”