“You have been in every way all that anyone could be….If anybody could have saved me it would have been you” (106).
This is Finch speaking to Violet shortly before he is found in the lake, this goes to show how powerful friendship can be. He knew that if anyone could have prevented him from committing suicide, it would have been Violet. I loved this quote for two reasons. The first reason is it shows how much he cared about her and how much she cared about him. The second is because it shows how devastating mental illnesses are. It showed that even though he could have been saved, he believed it was pointless because everyone was better off without him and because he had no purpose in life.