Cruel blows of fate call for extreme kindness in the family circle.

Perhaps watching someone you love suffer can teach you even more than suffering yourself can.

...surely I could give him--a sort of contentment... That isn't enough to give. Not for the giver.

Like many other much-loved humans, they believed that they owned their dogs, instead of realizing that their dogs owned them.

Cruel blows of fate call for extreme kindness in the family circle.

If you love people, you take them on trust.

Certain unique books seem to be without forerunners or successors as far as their authors are concerned. Even though they may profoundly influence the work of other writers, for their creator they're complete, not leading anywhere.