“I’d tell you to stay out of trouble, Miss Bishop, but it just seems to find you.”

‘‘on my very worst days, i think of nothing but how vulnerable i am out here. i’m balanced on the edge of oblivion with only a fragile skin of metal separating me from the void of space.’‘

“Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”

In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.

I would much prefer it if you were alive and well. 

“When the sea goes down, there will come from the mainland boats and men. And they will find ten dead bodies and an unsolved problem on Soldier Island.”

“When I came to Montana that summer, Tess, I thought I was ready. I really did. I was going to give you everything. But Gramps called me out, and he was right, Tessie. I wasn’t doing it for you. You were thriving. You were happy. And I…” The words got caught in her throat, but she forced them out. “I was your sister. I was never going to be strong enough or successful enough. There was never going to be a right time to tell you. You were happy. And you deserved to be happy.”

"the first time he'd held her hand, it felt so good that it crowded out all the bad things. it felt better than anything had ever hurt."