When someone won't let you in, eventually you stop knocking.

“You're right, Dad. Dr. Golan did help me. But that doesn't mean he has to contr…”

“...when I was fifteen, an extraordinary and terrible thing happened, and there …”

“Oggie sat facing us in a threadbare blazer and pajama bottoms, as if he'd been …”

“I did love her, of course, but mostly because loving your mom is mandatory, not…”