“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.”

“Silence was not the absence of sound but was itself a sound that could be loud or soft, soothing or disturbing, complex or simple.”

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

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

“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength. Corrie ten Boom”

“Worry is a down payment on a problem you may never have. It doesn't empty tomorrow of its sorrow, just empties today of its strength.”

“Past tears are present strength.”