She hadn't chosen the brave life. She'd chosen the small, fearful one.

“I feel like I should love them right away. But how do you do that? You can't ma…”

“At the worst possible moment, the most painful, darkest moment when you can't t…”

“She must have sensed she never really had him. That was a sadness of hers, he k…”

“No matter how it felt to be near him, she had to keep her swollen heart in chec…”