"The span of three or four minutes is pretty insignificant in the scheme of things. People lose hundreds of minutes everyday, squandering them on trivial things. But sometimes in those fragments of time, something can happen you'll remember the rest of your life."
"If loneliness was a choice, what was the other option? To settle for second-best and try to be happy with that? And was that fair to the person you settled for?"
"Shock is a merciful condition. It allows you to get through disaster with a necessary distance between you and your feelings."
"You have to rely on whatever sparks you have inside."
"Some folks are happier not being saved."
"Opening up to the wrong person is like putting ammo in their hands."