Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

Somewhere in his body--perhaps in the marrow of his bones--he would continue to feel her absence.

When you are used to the kind of life -of never getting anything you want- you stop knowing what it is you want.

We all die and disappear, but that's because the mechanism of the world itself is built on destruction and loss.

When it's all over, it'll seem like a dream.

You got to know your limits. Once is enough, but you got to learn. A little caution never hurt anyone. A good woodsman has only one scar on him. No more, no less.

She's kind of funny looking. Her face is out of balance--broad forehead, button nose, freckled cheeks, and pointy ears. A slammed-together, rough sort of face you can't ignore. Still, the whole package isn't so bad. For all I know maybe she's not so wild about her own looks, but she seems comfortable with who she is, and that's the important thing.