“How can I not believe that there is a God who exists and loves, when the people before me are infused with that love and pour it out daily?”

“Honesty is easier when you have no face and no real name. And honesty, for me, is very easy on paper.”

“We didn't talk much, and the silence hung like a silk curtain, light and lovely.”

“Maybe that's what love issacrificing yourself to save another, taking the insult or taking the hit.”

“He reminds me of a comfortable sweater that you pull on, knowing it will keep you warm every time.”

“Love spills out of these people. That's what I want. Settling for anything less is a lie.”

“Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people.”

“Most of us must learn to love people and use things rather than loving things and using people.”

“So I was communicating directly with God? Absolutely. Expressed that way, it sounds grandiose. But when it was happening, it didn't feel that way. Instead, I felt like I was doing what every soul i...”

“You forget all of it anyway. First, you forget everything you learned-the dates of the Hay-Herran Treaty and Pythagorean Theorem. You especially forget everything you didn't really learn, but just ...”

“It is strange how easy it is to remember pain.”

“Sometimes... I feel like I can't picture him anymore. Like I'm forgetting him... I forget the way he looked when he smiled. The sound of his voice. The way his hand felt wrapped around mine. And it...”

“If pain must come, may it come quickly. Because I have a life to live, and I need to live it in the best way possible. If he has to make a choice, may he make it now. Then I will either wait for hi...”

“Well, nowIf little by little you stop loving meI shall stop loving youLittle by littleIf suddenly you forget meDo not look for meFor I shall already have forgotten youIf you think it long and mad t...”

“Most things are forgotten over time. Even the war itself, the life-and-death struggle people went through is now like something from the distant past. Were so caught up in our everyday lives that e...”