“Often, the human animal dresses terror in rage, and expresses both in a way unlike either.”

“... the object of learning was not to build a better mousetrap but to ask a better question.”

“He took the box but did not avail himself of a tissue. She understood. Sometimes it was comforting to feel the wetness of grief's tears on your face.”

“How can I love you if I don't know what hurts you?”

“There was an end to weeping. Mourning, however, ebbed and surged but never ceased flowing.”

“The young accept the extraordinary as normal because they do not compare their lives with those of others when everyone is like them.”

“The constant reprimands made me hyperconscious of my own performance, and so instead of getting rid of self, I had become embedded in the egoism I was supposed to transcend. Now I was beginning to ...”

“Silence is the mother of truth.”

“Silence is a powerful tool.”