You didn't fail. You just opted out. There's a difference.

“God! You'll do anything to avoid it.'Avoid what?' my mother said.The past,' Car…”

“It's a choice, Annabel. And if you make the wrong one, you have only yourself t…”

“If nothing else, now we knew where to find each other, even if only time would …”

“The truth was, I wasn't sure. But I wanted to keep believing people could chang…”