“That's what people who love you do: they hold you and lie. They tell you that you're worthy, that everything will be all right, and they do that even when you both know without a doubt that this is not true, that is it nowhere near the truth.”

“Sometimes that whys aren't knowable, so you just have to ignore the whys, and just focus on what is and move on.”

“Sometimes the monsters are not monsters, she says.
I know. I nod. And sometimes the monsters are within us all, even in those we think are most good.”