“Her death was as insignificant as her life.”

“Death ends a life, not a relationship.”

“Fairness does not govern life and death.”

“There is no fair in life and death. If it were, no good men would die young.”

“It’s not contagious, you know. Death is as natural as life. It’s part of the deal we made.”

“Fairness," he said, 'does not govern life and death. If it did, no good person would ever die young.”

“She wanted to blame him, to blame her whole rotton existence. But seeing Ethan, seeing her mother, seeing the world after the world she had known, somehow took her to the very bottom, the end of self-delusion, and the truth enveloped her like a cocoon, and all she said was "I was so lonely." And Father Time said, "You were never alone.”