The trick. . .is to find the balance between the bright colors of humor and the serious issues of identity self-loathing and the possibility for intimacy and love when it seems no longer possible or sadder yet no longer necessary.

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined for life--to strengthen each other in all labor to rest on each other in all sorrow to minister to each other in all pain to be one with each other in silent unspeakable memories at the moment of the last parting

She had loved him for such a long time she thought. How was it that she did now know him at all

So its true when all is said and done grief is the price we pay for love.

Someday well run into each other again I know it.Maybe Ill be older and smarter and just plain better. If that happensthats when Ill deserve you. But now at this moment you cant hook your boat to mine because Im liable to sink us both.

Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart.

Dont cry over someone who wouldnt cry over you.

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 always fall. Think of it--always.

Dear GodI hurt. Please hold me.Amen

Theres little of the melancholy element in her my lord she is never sad but when she sleeps and not ever sad then for I have heard my daughter say she hath often dreamt of unhappiness and waked herself with laughing.