Being content with what you have already is an art form that leads to a peace that can’t be replaced by anything else.

This person had arrived, he had illuminated her, he had ensorcelled her with notions of miracle and beauty, he had both understood and misunderstood her, he had married her, he had broken her heart, he had looked upon her with those sad and hopeless eyes, he had accepted his banishment, and now he was gone. What a stark and stunning thing was life- that such a cataclysm can enter and depart so quickly, and leave such wreckage behind!

I actually have a great deal of respect for antidepressants; I think they can be enormously mighty tools toward recovery.

True wisdom gives the only possible answer at any given moment, and that night, going back to bed was the only possible answer.

You love new boyfriend?" "I think so. Yes." "Then you must spoil him. And he must spoil you.

I believe in a magnificent God.

I have a lot of trouble forgiving myself for being so dumb... But yes, of course, the big generous compassionate view that you should take of yourself and of all events is: what a glorious circus train this has been, and what a wonderful messy parade, and all of those steps took me here, where I precisely need to be now, so God bless it.