What do you say while someone whispers horrors in your ear, tells you their most intimate nightmarish secrets? You sit and you listen. And you give them the only thing you can-the silence and the safety to talk and be heard.

Jeg har aldri før vært klar over i hvilken grad et sykehus drives av sykepleierne.

...from the first heartbeat struck within a vital body, a bell got tolled and the clock started to run. A bargain you weren't even aware of having made was put into play, with destiny holding all the cards. As minutes and hours and days and months and years passed, history was written as you ran out of time until your last heartbeat marked the end of the ride and time to tally wins and losses.

You're not half the male you could be because of what was done to you. You're twice what anyone else is because you survived.

Fatima gikk ut fra at de fleste andre kvinner med ti barn og fjorten barnebarn snakket med dem hver dag. Bare fem av barna hennes ringte hver dag. De andre ringte bare en eller to ganger i uka.

Jared kastet seg fram, vekk fra meg. Med et høyt klask smalt knyttneven hans inn i ansiktet til Kyle. Øynene til Kyle rullet, og munnen ble helt slapp. Det var helt stille i rommet i noen sekunder. "Eh," sa Doc forsiktig, "sånn rent medisinsk tror jeg kanskje ikke det var den beste behandlingsformen." "Men jeg føler meg mye bedre," svarte Jared mutt.