“She ... is everything to me. Everything. Healthy or traumatized, she’s all I want, and she’s mine.”
“I know it’s going to be bad for you, Jacob. I understand that—maybe better than you think. I don’t like her, but… she’s your Sam. She’s everything you want and everything you can’t have.”
“When a woman acts as though she’s capable of everything, she gets stuck doing everything.”
“He loves her for everything she is and is not. She’s old enough to appreciate that.”
“But this girl...she doesn’t feel pointless. She’s real and she’s beautiful and she fits perfectly when she’s in my arms. She makes me want to feel.”
“What cat? Oh! MY CAT. The cat… that is mine. Oh, she’s... ” I had said it was a she, right? “She’s fine. All meowing and purring and other cat things.”