“He changed me...here" He tapped his chest. "I'm not sure I can be the same person I used to be.""I'm not asking you for that, man. I'm not asking you to forget or even forgive. I'm telling you to f...”

“No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.”

“Do you know what pain is, Cammie? Its thebodys physical response to imminent harm.It is the minds way of telling us to move ourhand off the stove or let go of the brokenglass.”

“A sad lesson that was mine to learn is that you can't lose what was never truly yours. Nor can you hold to things that simply do not wish to be held.”