“What is it about our human nature that we feel the need to defend the choices we’ve made when it comes to our medical treatment?”

“Codependence - Someone who lives someone else's life.”

“Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.”

“I forced myself to stay put and keep looking - impatient assholes would make a leap, letting adrenaline and desperation guide them, but I was fucking ancient and I knew better. It was bitter, but I fucking knew better about just about everything.”

“Even a fool is counted wise when he holds his tongue”

“I didn't want to kill her; she was just doing her job. But she was standing between me and the rest of my miserable life, so she was going to have to take a bullet.”

“I decided to irritate him, on the premise that it couldn't make my situation any worse.”