“If there was one thing I learned from all my research, it was that the majority of the early pioneers didnt dwell on the hard times; they indeed related every aspect of their lives to their relatio...”

“I dont think my journey has to be harrowing to be important. Simply doing the tasks of the day is enough. Such as getting up every morning to go to work to support my family and sacrificing persona...”

“...my mind drifted to my family. I thought about how I had the opportunity to serve them. I didnt have to carry them across a freezing river in the middle of a snowstorm or give them my food when t...”

“I knew in that moment that everything happens for a reason, but we cant always know the reason when the journey begins. Some things we can only understand at the end of our journey.”

“I truly believe we can either see the connections, celebrate them, and express gratitude for our blessings, or we can see life as a string of coincidences that have no meaning or connection.For me,...”

“The things that matter most to me are eternal. The bonds of love shared within a family I believe to be eternal.”

“In a matter of moments, I awakened to a life that wasn’t mine. It was like peering into a dark hidden world that I wasn’t supposed to know about and that my mind didn’t want to believe existed.”

“Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart.”

“Without you in my arms, I feel an emptiness in my soul. I find myself searching the crowds for your face - I know it's an impossibility, but I cannot help myself.”

“So its true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.”

“Though there had yet to be a victor in this great war that had begun almost three years ago, Maurice had written to her that they had, all of them, on all sides, lost their freedom. Freedom to thin...”

“Then I thought, boy, isn't that just typical? You wait and wait and wait for something, and then when it happens, you feel sad.”

“I'm living under water. Everything seems slow and far away. I know there's a world up there, a sunlit quick world where time runs like dry sand through an hourglass, but down here, where I am, air ...”