“Someone telling you about the future did not prepare you for it. Nothing prepared you for it.”

“You dont know what its like to worry youll start to despise the people who help you, the ones you should love, because theyre healthy and youre not, because theyre kind and youre this angry, frustr...”

“How long did it take to become a gracious person? One who could accept help and give thanks without being resentful of it?”

“Ive found I still serve a purpose. I remind people to pray, to calculate the odds, to thank the fates, the gods, good karma, whatever it was that made this happen to me and not them. Im in the wors...”

“His voice was everything she equated with home.”

“Sarcasm is wasted on those who havent had a decent nights sleep, my darling.”

“Sometimes resilience arrives in the moment you discover your own unshakeable goodness.”

“When you plant a seed of love, it is you that blossoms.”

“All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.”

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”

“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.”