“In the end it's the pain of being replaceable that turns out to be the hardest to bear.”

“In the end though, if I've learned anything form this at all, it's that life goes on, and we must move on too.Separately.”

“You cannot block someone from your life who doesn't want to be blocked.”

“I only want what's mine. And if I can't have what's mine, I'll take what's yours.”

“I have to tell you I think you've substantially set back your progress," she told me, and though it sounds stupid, I felt tears pricking at the back of my eyes when she said that. I hadn't been aware I'd made any progress, and now I'd gone and set it back.”

“Can an absence of action be construed as a negative action?”

“I will be the first to admit that I am a pessimist by nature. It is, after all, the wisest way to be. We pessimists have everything to gain, whereas optimists have a fifty-fifty chance of being disappointed.”