““You couldn’t save people who didn’t want to be saved from themselves. First, they never stayed saved. Second, rescue pressed too deep turned into violation. If Brierly stood ready to throw herself from her tower, of course he’d yank her back. It would be another thing to tie her to a chair so she didn’t get too close to the edge again. What was love? Letting her have her own way, even if it killed her? Or demanding his?””
