" You didn't try to hold on to someone you should have," she said, "I held on to someone I shouldn't have. I held on too long. Thing is, I knew what it was leading to, deep down I knew. It was like standing on the tracks and seeing the train coming at you but being too mesmerized by the bright light to move, to save yourself. "

― Michael Connelly , The Last Coyote (Harry Bosch, #4; Harry Bosch Universe, #4)