“Your emotions make you human. Even the unpleasant ones have a purpose. Don't lock them away. If you ignore them, they just get louder and angrier.”

“So long as you fight the darkness, you stand in the light.”

“You fool, Helene. When you love, there is always more pain.”

“Mercy is weakness. Offer it to your enemies and you might as well fall upon your own sword.”

“I should just build a bleeding house here," I mutter as I pick myself up off the snow-covered ground. "Maybe get a few chickens. Plant a garden.”

“Perhaps grief is like battle: After experiencing enough of it, your bodys instincts take over. When you see it closing in like a Martial death squad, you harden your insides. You prepare for the ag...”

“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they ...”

“Does anything in nature despair except man? An animal with a foot caught in a trap does not seem to despair. It is too busy trying to survive. It is all closed in, to a kind of still, intense waiti...”

“It is a curious thing, but as one travels the world getting older and older, it appears that happiness is easier to get used to than despair. The second time you have a root beer float, for instanc...”