He had never realized, while Elspeth was alive, the extent to which a thing had not completely happened until he told her about it.

I love. I have loved. I will love.

...all of our laments could not add a single second to her life, not one additional beat of the heart, nor a breath.

Sometimes a thing is—too much—and it has to be isolated and put away." Martin shrugged. "So what's in the boxes is—emotion. In the form of objects."-Her Fearful Symmetry

I guess no matter what your family is like, you're not surprised.

We are often insane with happiness. We are also very unhappy for reasons neither of us can do anything about. Like being separated.

I won't ever leave you, even though you're always leaving me.