"You're not a bad person. You're a person, who was told really wrong things for lots and lots of years and it's really, really hard to undo that. You're a better person than you think you are. That guilty feeling? You wouldn't have that if you were a bad person."

It might be becoming apparent that what Allison intends Cole to hear and what Cole actually hears are not the same. When she thinks at him lacks the emotions for him to really hear. What she feels and thinks about what she feels? That he hears.

"You might never feel the same, but if you had another child, you'd feel just as strong. Not the same. Every love is unique to those it connects, but they can be just as strong. And Claire might not be gone to you forever. The universe is infinite. So are the possibilities."