“Because people are more than emotions. People have thoughts and reasons for doing things.”

“People can be cruelest to those they love.”

“Perry brushed a kiss on her cheek while she was chewing, and she learned that it was the loveliest thing to be kissed for no reason, even while chewing food.”

“There was nothing more painful than hurting someone you loved.”

“Killing a man should be more different than killing a game. It was not.”

“My ambitions aren't grand. All I have ever wanted is to be there for the two people who mean everything to me. Maybe that's a small goal to others, but it's always felt like enough.”

“They were like her rocks. Imperfect and surprising and maybe better in the long run than certainties. Chances, she thought, were life”