Claire: For the first time in my life, I felt important. Like someone needed me, you know, like not just like some annoying extra person lumped in with everyone else. No one’s ever needed me.
Nate: I need you.
Claire: Right. I felt this really intense connection, and now it’s just gone, and I want it back. I want him back. Is there something wrong with me? Is there something bad about me that makes me deserve something like this?
Nate: Deserve what?
Claire: Just feeling really close to someone and then having them just disappear, like I mean nothing!
Nate: Claire, Gabe just went to visit his father for a day. I think you’re talking about Dad. Look, we never talk about him, and that’s OK. That’s what you want. But, at some point, you’re gonna have to deal with how you feel.
Claire: Oh, God, can’t I just get upset without having to focus on what’s really making me upset?
Nate: Well, it worked for me for 34 years.