" I’d give both my legs if you could have yours! You think I wouldn’t have given my arms and my legs just to see you holding a living son in your arms? You think I wouldn’t give my eyes so you wouldn’t have a limp?” “Stop it! Don’t say that!” “It’s true! It’s the truth! And not for me—for you! Hell, I don’t care if you limp. I don’t care if you wheel yourself around—it’s not your stupid goddamn leg I care about. I prayed all the way to Germany! I told God if you were dead when I got there, I wish I could go with you! But when I got there, you weren’t dead! You just told me to go away! Like I was dead. Sometimes I wish I was!” “Shut up! Don’t say that!” “I’d give my life if you could be happy again! I swear to God, I’d give my—” “Stop saying that! "

― Robyn Carr , Paradise Valley (Virgin River, #7)