He closed his eyes. “I’m so tired, Tess,” he said. “I only wanted pleasant dreams for once.”
“That is not the way to get them, Will,” she said softly. “You cannot buy or drug or dream your way out of pain.

“I know," he said, looking down at himself self-consciously. "I am not-I mean, I…”

“The boy never cried again, and he never forgot what he'd learned: that to love …”

“You haven't broken his heart yet, have you?""No," Tessa said. Just torn my own …”

“The good suffer, the evil flourish, and all that is mortal passes away.”