“Stop looking for that person you were in the past. She has changed. Look for the person she has grown into. She is wiser and stronger than than ever before. Don't go back to who you were. Cherish w...”

“Closeness was the promise of suffering and pain”

“In spite of the horror, in spite of the tragedy, in spite of the weeks of sleepless nights, I'm finally alive. I'm not pretending. I feel real. I'm not playing charades anymore. I wouldn't go back ...”

“Your heartbeat is so different from his," I whisper it; he has to ask me to repeat myself. I explain, "My fatherhis heartbeat was so fast. I could feel it, racingit was like his heartbeat shook my ...”