It’s against the rules of humanity to believe there is nothing we can do.

But then Froi looked back to where his work lay unfinished and it made him sad because there had been something about the touch of earth in his hands that made him feel worthwhile.

She knows that feeling too. Of believing that each time someone says her name, it’s to tell her that something bad has happened.

Tom always did anger well. Hid it well, but showed it even better.

He knows bad days. Bad days take him completely by surprise. They make him not trust the good days because it's likely something is lurking twenty-four hours away.