“When you can't save yourself or your heart, it helps to be able to save face.”

“But it was even worse when you knew at that very moment that there was still time to save yourself, and yet you couldn’t even budge.”

“So many times it seemed like there were chances to stop things before they started. Or even stop them in midstream. But it was even worse when you knew in that very moment that there was still time to save yourself, and yet you couldn't even budge.”

“I just don't know," I said, my voice sounding bumby, not like mine, "how do you help someone who doesn't want your help. What do you do when you can't do anything?”

“But all the love in the world won't save a sinking ship. You have to either bail or jump overboard.”

“You can't just turn your heart off like a faucet; you have to go to the source and dry it out, drop by drop.”

“There comes a point when things are undeniable and can't be hidden any longer. Even from yourself.”