“Was it always to be like this? she wondered. A moment of joy followed by a new sorrow?”

“But things change, people change, Gaby. Otherwise what would be the point of living?”

“Well, memory can play tricks. Most people, I think, tend to remember the good rather than the bad when someone close to them dies.”

“The end came as dusk fell on a gloomy winter day of cold rain.”

“I'm like my mother, she thought, I search my joy for signs of sorrow ahead.”

“She realized that the photograph had caused his reaction. It came to her almost as a revelation. Think of it: a photographer presses a button. A few hours later and half a world away, some dots of ...”

“To the wizard death is merely a belief.”

“Dearest, I feel certain that I am going mad again. I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times. And I shan't recover this time. I begin to hear voices, and I can't concentrate. So I ...”

“Theres no such thing as negative energy on the spiritual plane. It is an illusion. All negative energy comes from the ego. What we call negative experiences are only contradictions of the human ego...”

“Life goes on, whether you like it or not. I just wished it could lurch forward. Time is the best doctor, they say, and thats bullshit, because from certain pains you can never heal. They keep screa...”

“When his wife was at his side, she was also in front of him, marking out the horizon of his life. Now the horizon is empty: the view has changed.”

“My heart was oaken before you set it on fire. It will continue to smolder, long after the flame that ignited it has gone.”