"Carley wondered how he would have reacted to Reba if he'd been able to see her. Or to Carley. She felt insulated and safe so long as he couldn't see either of them" (Chapter 3).

"She wanted the best for him. She just didn't want to be in his life of vision when, and if, his bandages came off" (Chapter 4).

"But here in the hospital, with his eyes bandaged, the scales of social acceptance were balanced. He couldn't loathe what he couldn't see" (Chapter 5).

"Just like Humpty Dumpty, all the plastic surgeons and medical geniuses couldn't put Carley Mattea back together again" (Chapter 8).

"All at once her knees started shaking as it dawned on her that she was manipulating people's lives. She was working so hard to protect herself that she was forcing her sister and her sister's boyfriend to conform to her will" (Chapter 10).

"She didn't want to...