I didn't say to act dead. I said act helpless.

of course the pace of change never slows, even when we've convinced ourselves it will.

You seemed so desperate, like you might drown if someone didn't save you.

Passion can quickly slip to jealousy, or even hatred.

My tears simply broke through the fragile wallthat had held them, and with a terrible feeling of shame, I laid my head upon the table and let them drain out of me.

Never give up; for even rivers someday wash dams away.

After all, when a stone is dropped into a pond, the water continues quivering even after the stone has sunk to the bottom.