please have your tickets ready for inspection . i fought the tears stinging my eyes and threatening to spill . `` and when you do n't care much for their father , i guess it 's even easier . '' bill joined the others leaning over the hedge . if i 'd imagined how he 'd open our conversation , it had never included that line . `` nothing can move forward unless something else moves backward . `` i 'd rather he live without me than die repeatedly with me at his side . 