“She loved him because he was the reason why.”

“Why did Hannah marry Teddy? Not because she loved him, but because she was prepared to love him.”

“and he loved her suddenly because she loved him.”

“And it was why he loved her. One of the reasons, anyway. Because he also loved her brattycomebacks. He loved the way she put her entire self behind whatever she was doing, even if she had noidea what she was doing and was getting it all wrong. He loved the way she danced as if she wasconnected to the clouds and the sun and the rainbows.And he loved that she’d stormed into his life and turned everything upside down before he ever hada chance to stop her.”

“You are the reason why he exists on this earth. You don't have the right to abandon him just because he's inconvenient or has trouble in school.”

“She loved him not only in spite of but because he himself was incapable of love.”