“When something horrible happens, it's human nature to want to blame it on someone. We want someone to be held accountable, even though sometimes things just happen.”

“There’s no accountability anymore, Pierce, no one holds anyone accountable for what they do. It’s always someone else’s fault. Usually people just blame the victim.”

“And eternity is a long time. So if you have to spend it with someone I could see wanting to spend it with someone impossible...but interesting....”

“I hate confrontations. It's so much easier to walk away than it is to explain to someone that you never want to see them again.”

“„Everyone wants to believe that there’s something else – something great – waiting for them on the other side. Paradise. Valhalla. Heaven. Their next – hopefully less horrible – life.”

“If you really love someone, even if you can't see where you'll be or what you'll be doing twenty years from now, you'd still want that person to be there.”

“When he smiled, something strange happened to my insides. It was like they turned to liquid.”