It was a simple truth he had understood for years, people hurt others when they are hurt, and hurting them back won't make a damn difference.

For everything you are, and everything I love about you, there's nothing you can do to save us from an impossible situation. I've accepted that. That's the hardest thing we have to do today and I've done it.

You don't smile when you're holding on. You smile when you're letting go.