“You can't choose where you belong, and where you don't. But what if the place you don't belong is the only place you have left?”

“Hate is a terrible thing. It's a wasteful, stupid emotion. You can hate someone with all your heart, but it'll never do them a bit of harm. The only person it hurts is you. You can spend your days hating, letting it eat away at you, and the person you hate will go on living just the same. So, what's the point?”

“Hate�'s a terrible thing. It�'s a wasteful, stupid emotion. You can hate someone with all your heart, but it'�ll never do them a bit of harm. The only person it hurts is you. You can spend your days hating, letting it eat away at you, and the person you hate will go on living just the same. So, what'�s the point?”

“... but they could barely organize a round of beers.”

“- and Stella had that kind of face. One that looked permanently guilty, as if some form of mischief was in the recent past, the near future, or both.”

“... his mind flaking with the rust of fatigue.”

“He said it was better to belong where you don't belong than not to belong where you used to belong, remembering when you used to belong there.”