“There is a light within our soul that burns brighter than the sun. And we ignore it.”

“Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. Most of my beholders are blind.”

“I want to douse myself in silver words and whisper away all rue.”

“Even dead fallen leaves go a long way with the wind before getting crushed.”

“After a breath and before another, there's plenty of time to rest.”

“All these mirrorscarnival distortionsof selves we never were.”

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that youve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you sa...”

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there i...”

“There is a light within our soul that burns brighter than the sun. And we ignore it.”

“It's not much. You begin by thinking there is something extraordinary about it. But you'll find out, when you've been out in the world a while longer, unhappiness is the commonest thing there is.”

“A man can gasp out his life beside you-and you feel none of it. Pity, Sympathy, sure-but you don't feel the pain. Your belly is whole and that's what counts. A half-yard away someone's world is snu...”