I want to be alive again," she said. "Not in this half-life. I want to be really alive.

“All Bette's stories have happy endings. That's because she knows where to stop.…”

“Laura looked up at him with dead blue eyes. I want to be alive again," she said…”

“I just want you to know,' said the girl, coldly, 'that whoever you are and what…”

“Tell your story. Don't try and tell the stories that other people can tell. Any…”