A reason.Because you almost make an empty and cold part of me feel full and warm, you make me think it’s possible to leave old hurt behind and heal this wound, and that has nothing to do with your abilities as a field medic or doctor in training, I thought to myself. Because you’re genuinely nice to look at and be with.“You wouldn’t believe me if I told you,” I told her.

Because I’m done. My life is over, for all intents and purposes. No matter how hard I try from here on out, I’ll never do anything one ten–thousandth as important as what I was doing before.

Because I’m done. My life is over, for all intents and purposes. No matter how hard I try from here on out, I’ll never do anything one as important as what I was doing before.

You're doing that crazy mastermind thing again," Cuff said. "Which crazy mastermind thing?""Where you talk to the other masterminds and one of you leaves something unsaid, and the other knows what that thing is without asking

Why were the people who clung so fiercely to the notions of right and wrong the very same individuals that had the worst grasp of what they meant?

Rape culture is a funny thing. People gloss over some pretty shitty, creepy, wrong behavior, little brother, when they know the person in question. But you raise the reality of what they’re doing, and it’s a whole lot harder to shrug it off.

It’s for love, in the end. Pettiest of all pursuits. Arrogance, greed, even revenge… they’re nobler, trust me. I’ve walked all those roads. But love? It twists all the other things. Makes you misstep, makes you irrational, makes you impatient, above all.

It's easy enough to keep something moving, but getting it going in the first place is hard. That's the thing about second chances and fresh starts. It's a (re)start. You gotta get things moving all over again, the second time around.

When do I get to put this behind me? When do I get forgiven or get to forgive myself?You're asking me? NeverI don't believe in forgive & forget. Not for the things I've done. not for what others have done to people I care about. Not for what's been done to me.The moment we forget is the moment we allow those wrongs to be done again. Forgiveness is the easy way out. Less to carry.

When you left the room, she said Hayle warned her about you, after your first kiss. That she only just now realized why. It’s not because you’ll cross the line. It’s because you’re clever enough to redefine the line.