“The thing about nightmares was that you couldn't prepare for them. They sneaked up on you when you were most vulnerable.”

“Most of the bad guys in the real world don't know that they are bad guys. You don't get a flashing warning sign that you're about to damn yourself. It sneaks up on you when you aren't looking.”

“The thing about endings is, they can begin quietly enough. That's how they sneak up on you.”

“When you truly start to care about someone you become vulnerable to all sorts of things.”

“Happiness is the most natural thing in the world when you have it, and the slowest, strangest, most impossible thing when you don't. It's like learning a foreign language: You can think about the words all you want, but you'll never be able to speak it until you suck up your courage and say them out loud.”

“Memories were like sunshine. They warmed you up and left a pleasant glow, but you couldn't hold them.”