“I don't understand how the pain of losing him can be a pale shadow in comparison to the pain of finding him again.”

“And I understand in a way I never have before that loving someone is always going to feel like flying - the unthinkable drop, the fear of falling, the heart-in-your-throat thrill. It is always goin...”

“But recognizing the ridiculousness of an emotion and being able to master it are two very different things, I'm finding.”

“And maybe that's love, too - feeling the other person's hurts like your own.”

“No one controls who we turn into but us.”

“The scars are just something that happened to me. They aren't me. Not anymore.”

“You can't come in."Luna Morgan met her daughter's plaintive gaze with a blank one of her own. "What do you mean we can't come in?""I have a guest," Ivy said."Is he naked?" Max asked, wrinkling his ...”

“Pain is not the same as suffering. Left to itself, the body discharges pain spontaneously, letting go of it the moment that the underlying cause is healed. Suffering is pain that we hold on to. It ...”

“In pleasant peace and security How suddenly the soul in a man begins to die He shall look up above the stalled oxen Envying the cruel falcon, And dig under the straw for a stone To bruise himself on.”

“It is amazing, though, what pains your subconscious will undergo in achieve sustainable peace.”