“memory, like a horrible malady, was eating his soul away”
“Carrie Fay always says that nothing is really horrible unless it eats away your face.”
“Lies and secrets, Tessa, they are like a cancer in the soul. They eat away what is good and leave only destruction behind.”
“Time is eating away my memory. Time, and this illness, this trespasser in my brain.”
“Sins of the flesh are nothing. They are maladies for physicians to cure, if they should be cured. Sins of the soul alone are shameful.”
“It's horrible being ashamed of someone you care about; it eats away at you. And if you let it get to you, if you give up the fight and surrender, eventually that shame turns to hate.”