“He dropped his head and kissed her. He kissed her and it was a kiss of utter certainty, the kind of kiss during which monarchs die and whole continents fall without your even noticing. When Jess extricated herself, it was only because she didn't want the children to see her lose the ability to stand.”

“He dropped his head and kissed her. He kissed her and it was a kiss of utter certainty, the kind of kiss during which monarchs die and whole continents fall without your even noticing. When Jess extricated herself, it was only because she didn't want the children to see her lose the ability to stand.”

“It is important not to turn the dead into saints. Nobody can walk in the shadow of a saint.”

“You don't have to let that one thing be the thing that defines you.”

“When someone we love is snatched from us, it often feels very hard to make plans.Sometimes people feel like they have lost faith in the future, or they become superstitious.”

“moving on means we have to protect ourselves.”

“So this is it. You are scored on my heart, Clark.”

“I'm not letting go of you.”

“I'm not letting go of you" - Sam”

“Be thrown into a new life (or at least thrown with sush force against the life of someone who is like squashed his face against the window) forces you to rethink who you are. Or what causes impression for others”

“Sometimes for our sanity own sanity we just have to look at the bigger picture.”

“No journey out of grief was straightforward. There would be good days and bad days.”