“But if you'd told me, I would have been around more. We could have seen each other more, I could have helped you so you wouldn't be so tired all of the time."
"Just knowing you were here was more than enough."
"But maybe you wouldn't have ended up in the hospital."
He reached for her hand. "Or maybe watching you enjoy a care-free summer while you fell in love was what kept me out of the hospital in the first place.”