“There are none so deaf as those listening to ‘All by Myself’ over and over and over again.”
“People all over town had listened for my grandfather's cries, but there were none. Only silence.”
“Edward knew what it was like to say over and over again the names of those you had left behind. He knew what it was like to miss someone. And so he listened. And in his listening, his heart opened wide and then wider still. (page 103)”
“Those days are over. I have to be won all over again every time you see me.”
“For the rest of our lives, all we can hear are our names chanted over and over, until we are deaf to everything else.”
“A true friend is someone who never gets tired listening to your pointless drama over and over again.”