“And I knew in that I had my answer. I didn't know if there ever was a choice, really. I was already in too deep.”

“I didn't know how to live my life, and suddenly I was thrust into it and had no choice but to live it.”

“But I didn't really mind it because I knew that ittakes getting everything you ever wanted and then losing it to know whattrue freedom is.”

“You called me a natural con artist and asked me what other secrets I was hiding. I didn't answer because I already knew, in some deep, primal way, what furtive truth you were referring to: That I was destined to fall in love with you.”

“What I didn't understand, all those years when I was waiting for my life to start, was that it had already started. I was already living it! Those were the most important years, and I didn't even know it.”

“He answered with a smile. The darkest and most malignant I had ever seen, too strong to be voluntary. The door, I thought. The door. But I didn't dare turn to it, in case it wasn't there.”