As much as I had always longed to be freed of my duties and obligations, being released from such bonds was as much a severing as an emancipation.

...it's strange, isn't it, how you don't know how big a part of you someone is until they're threatened? And then you think you can't possibly go on if something happens to them, but the most frightening part is that, actually, you will go on, you'll have to go on, with them or without them. There's just no telling what you'll become

There are always choices. But sometimes there are no good ones.

Many people believe auditors should act like the police, fighting for truth, order and justice, when infact auditor's responsibilities, powers and duties are restricted by statute, ethics and auditing standards.

When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool you end up looking like a moron instead.

If all of her was not enough for him, then let him have none of her and seek what he needed elsewhere.