“The thing with Rubik's cubes, sometimes you make them worse when you try to fix them. I didn't want to make her worse, and I also didn't know how to make her better.”
“I consider kissing her right there on the dirty couch, but self-preservation stops me. Once someone hurts you, it’s harder to relax around them, harder to think of them as safe to love. But it doesn’t stop you wanting them. Sometimes I actually think it makes the wanting worse”
“How easy it was to make people happy, when you didn't want or need anything from them.”
“...it didn't make things perfect, but it made them better.”
“Every human interaction offers you the chance to make things better or to make things worse.”
“I didn't want to see anything worse than me befall her.”