“For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers. My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food. In my distress, I groan aloud and am reduced to skin and ...”

“I was sick of the body count that existed around my family. It seemed statistically that eventually the body count would include my family.”

“Her name is Emmilina. She is quite eccentric and was Thomass best friend.”

“I screeched with frustration, which in hindsight is never okay when there are people trying to kill you.”

“Every part of life changes with every breath we take. If you dont like where your story is headin, you fight your fate with everything you have.”

“After everything, you still want to believe that love prevails, that in the end there will be justice. That is an illusion, and I pity you.”

“Dont feel ashamed of working hard! Believe that things will change.”

“Be believing, be happy, don't get discouraged. Things will work out.”

“Hearts will break and people will hurt you, darling. Her mother said. But when you let those people control your outlook on the life, you only allow them to have a greater hold on your happiness. O...”

“work at our responsibility as parents as if everything in life counted on it, because in fact everything in life does count on it.”

“Happiness [is] only real when shared”

“That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable.”

“Marriage must fight constantly against a monster which devours everything: routine.”

“I know that the whole pointthe only pointis tofind the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse tolet them go.”

“No one lived forever. But you fought for every minute you could get. Bought a little more with a lot of hard work.”