“The hardest thing was to give meaning to what appeared to have none.”

“It had always fascinated her - what happens when things break down, what are the basic units of life?”

“Before, there had been this small, shiny thing inside her that kept her immune from what was happening, and now she knew it had only been her ignorance, and she felt herself falling into a deep, dark place.”

“Why did someone fall in love with you because you are one thing and then want you to be something else?”

“Long ago she had become more ambitious than feeling. She had fallen in love with images instead of living things. Except for Linh.”

“What was the point of living through history if you didn't record it?”

“What are the boundaries of charity? When started, where does it morally end?”