“It is always taking care, but it is difficult, because at times to take care of her is also to cause her pain.”

“This is generous, for to be close to her pain has always felt like a privilege to me, even though pain could be defined as that which we typically aim to avoid.”

“Were only given as much as the heart can endure, What does not kill you makes you stronger, Our sorrows provide us with the lessons we most need to learn: these are the kinds of phrases that enrage...”

“After my friend's accident I take care of her. It is always taking care, but it is difficult, because at times to take care of her is also to cause her pain.”

“102. After my friend's accident I take care of her. It is always taking care, but it is difficult, because at times to take care of her is also to cause her pain.”

“Mostly I have felt myself becoming a servant of sadness. I am still looking for the beauty in that.”

“But who can remember pain, once its over? All that remains of it is a shadow, not in the mind even, in the flesh. Pain marks you, but too deep to see. Out of sight, out of mind.”

“I know what you are learning to endure. There is nothing to be done. Make sure nothing is wasted. Take notes. Remember it all, every insult, every tear. Tattoo it on the inside of your mind. In lif...”

“My mind, I know, I can prove, hovers on hummingbird wings. It hovers and it churns. And when it's operating at full thrust, the churning does not stop. The machines do not rest, the systems rarely ...”