‘well i’ve learned this:  to make progress, you have to give up something.’
‘how do you know that’s true?’
‘it sounds right.  it includes pain.’
p. 201

‘i have hope,’ simon says.  ‘not a hell of a lot of hope, but some hope.  you need tons of hope simply in order to function.  got to think that everything will work out.’
p. 202

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