“None of it meant anything, and all of it was important.”

“For a second none of us said anything, and I wondered if, in the end, this ishow all disputes are settled,with a shared silence as things become equal. You take something from me, Itake something from you.We all want balance, one way or another.”

“So finally, I decided that the best response — the safest — was none at all.”

“A lot can change between planning something and actually doing it. But maybe all that really matters is that anything is different at all.”

“So many versions of just one memory, and yet none of them were right or wrong. Instead, they were all pieces. Only when fitted together, edge to edge, could they even begin to tell the whole story.”

“Some things are meant to be broken. Imperfect. Chaotic.”

“Obviously it won't all run smoothly. But it's important to awknowledge that while we may make mistakes, in the long run, we may also learn fromt them.”