Page 53: "I feel a strange little ache at the thought, right in the middle of my chest. Some things are hard to let go of."
Page 108: "
Adapt. Adapt faster, adapt better..."
Page 110: "Just focus on what's right here, right now..."
Page 128: "The internal war doesn't seem like a product of genetic damage--it seems completely, purely
human."
Page 136: "But there's so much that was a lie, it's hard to figure out what was true, what was real, what matters."
Page 143: "I already feel trapped by my own disappointment."
Page 160: "Most of my life has been spent keeping information close, turning it over and over in my mind. The impulse to share anything is a new one, the impulse to hide as natural as breathing."
Page 174: "You'd be surprised what you have the stomach for, when you have to... She's right. Desperation can make a person do surprising things."
Page 177: "I hear something in her words that's right, but it's hard to believe her right now."
Page 192: "Everything has changed, and it won't stop changing anytime soon." "Or maybe we'll make a home somewhere inside ourselves, to carry with us wherever we go."
Page 206: "It will be hard to separate myself from everything I know, but maybe it will be good. Maybe it will be a fresh start. I could really use one of those."
Page 213: "Fraught with difficulty as their relationship has been, those ties never really break. They can't possibly."
Page 219: "Our ability to know about ourselves and the world is what makes us human."
Page 234: "...reassurance that my limitations don't define me.."
Page 239: "Sometimes I feel like there is so much to be afraid of, and sometimes I feel like there is nothing left to fear."
Page 243: "...it seemed more appealing to opt out of society completely rather than to try try correct the problem from within..."
Page 249: "People are just divided by different things, fighting different wars."
Page 255: "...but I'm struck by how different we are...Different habits, different temperaments, different ways of seeing the world."
Page 277: "...everyone has some evil inside them, and the first step to loving anyone is to recognize the same evil in ourselves, so we're able to forgive them"
Page 286: "Just keep moving. Move now, process later."
Page 308: "You know what [they] used to say about pride?...They said it blinds people to the truth of what they are."
Page 354: "That's what he could be, if he trusted himself more...If [he] wasn't so plagued with self-doubt, he would be one hell of a leader..."
Page 370: "How have I never realized before that for all the strong, kind parts of him, there are also hurting, broken parts?" "...like I've never let my own brokenness blind me?"
Page 391: "Sometimes it's hard to know how to take care of people...I think it's possible that [he] needs someone to run after him, because people have been letting him walk away, letting him withdraw, his entire life."
Page 411: "I am up to the challenge of bearing the guilt and the grief, up to facing the difficulties that life has put in my path. Some days are harder than others, but I am ready to live each one of them."
Page 429: "It's not often you encounter the real person behind a good-natured mask, the darkest parts of someone."
Page 446: "...if I had forgiven him, I would be able to think of what happened without that hatred..."
Page 455: "I belong to the people I love, and they belong to me--they, and the love and loyalty I give them, form my identity far more than any word or group ever could."
Page 478:
"You could just do the work, you know...You could make better decisions, make a better life." "I know that change is difficult and comes slowly, and that it is the work of many days strung together in a long line until the origin of them is forgotten. He is afraid that he will not be able to put in that work, that he will squander those days...I understand being afraid of yourself."
Page 483: "She looks better that way--stronger, when she is not hiding behind a curtain of hair, hiding who she is."
Page 508: "...who lost friend after friend but still decided to stay open, to make new ones." "Appearing in front of me is another choice, brighter and stronger than the ones I gave myself."
Page 509: "There are so many ways to be brave in this world...Sometimes it is nothing more than gritting your teeth through pain, and the work of every day, the slow walk toward a better life."
Page 511: "...and it's time to take a step forward, even if it's a small one."
Page 514: "There was only one option left, and it was letting go."
Page 526: "Yeah, sometimes life really sucks,...But you know what I'm holding on for?...The moment's that don't suck,...The trick is to notice them when they come around." "Life damages us, every one. We can't escape that damage. But...We can be mended. We mend each other."
