“It couldn't be true. She'd finally put her guard down, tried to trust in someone other than her mother and Abram. She'd finally found someone to love. It couldn't be. God couldn't be so cruel.”
“But she'd lost a good deal of her innocence there, because she'd discovered so much she couldn't control.”
“...and her dreams that didn't happen, that couldn't have happened because she'd pinned them on somebody too broken and unattainable to love her back.”
“He couldn't be dead. Not from the dagger, or those dozen pirates, or from the catapult. No, Sam couldn't be so stupid that he'd get himself killed. She'd... she'd... Well she'd kill him if he was dead.”
“If I couldn't trust her, I couldn't trust anyone.”
“He smiled at her: he simply couldn't help himself. He was so glad she'd wandered into his house to kill him.”