“You really should stay away from me.”

“I don't have the strength to stay away from you anymore”

“It was very relaxing to be away from civilization, and this bothered me. I should not have found the loneliness so welcoming.”

“It makes me . . . anxious . . . to be away from you.”

“Don't worry, Mel. Miracles don't work that way. I'll never lose you. I'll never let you get away from me.”

“The thing about the sun… is that it’s always there. Like sometimes, you can’t see it, but it never really goes away.”

“Because there was nothing more terrifying to me, more excruciating, than the thought of turning away from him. it was an impossibility.”