“Just because you'd left something behind didn't mean that it had gone anywhere.”

“Just because things hadn't gone the way I had planned didn't necessarily mean they had gone wrong.”

“Just because you didn't put a name to something did not mean it wasn't there.”

“Just because you've seen something doesn't mean you'll stop looking. There's always something you didn't see before.”

“You're blindly following a tradition that says because women didn't leave behind voluminous records of their thoughts and deeds, then they didn't have any thoughts and deeds - they were just standing on the sidelines while history was made by men. Just because a woman didn't have a vote doesn't mean that she didn't have an informed opinion. It doesn't mean she was incapable of thinking or acting.”

“I can't be the center of your world, Kieli; it just won't do. I mean, if you stay like this, I wouldn't be able to go anywhere. I'll never be able to leave you behind again. Once I'm gone, what are you going to do?!”