“Billy wanted me to stay a safe distance from the most important person in my life. It turned out that his concern was, in the end, unnecessary. I was all too safe now.”

“Alex, I don't need to keep myself safe from you. I don't want to keep myself safe from you. You mean too much to me. I'd rather have a lifetime of heartache, from you breaking my heart, than even imagine my life without you at all. Because a life without you wouldn't be a life at all.”

“For now, I just want things all safe and familiar. My life may not be perfect, but it is what I have known.”

“I just want the pleasure of noticing these things at a safe distance...”

“I want you, Matt. I want everything. You kept me safe today, you'll keep me safe now.''Always. I promise, always.”

“Not everything," he said. "Not the important things. My kids are safe. You're safe. That's all I really care about. This" - he said motioning - "is just stuff. Most of it can be replaced. It just takes time.”