“Better, Cilla thought, to be alone on a quiet night than to be alone in a crowd. Much better.”

“If people let other people alone, people would be better off. It's always people that screw things up for people anyway.”

“Feeling too much is a hell of a lot better than feeling nothing.”

“Even a good place gets to be a rut, especially if you're standing in it alone... Alone and lonely have the same root.”

“I fear feeling my heart break a second time, because I'm not sure I could survive it. I'd rather live alone than risk the pain.”

“I’ve been happy alone and I’ve been unhappy without you. I never wanted to depend on anyone, or to let myself care so much I could be made unhappy. But I depend on you and I love you.”

“It doesn't matter, that's the point. It doesn't matter that things don't always work exactly the way you thought they should. Moments matter. People matter, how they feel, how they connect. Who they are alone and together. All that matters, no matter how quickly the moment passes. Maybe because it passes.”