Even friends need private spaces, if only within the depths of their own souls, where no one else is allowed to intrude.

He gazed up at the blue sky and knew that heaven—at least in this life—was neither a time nor a place to be grasped and made into a possession. It came in fleeting moments and then went away again to leave one nostalgic and yearning and on the verge of tears. Very much on the verge of tears. And very frightened.

But if one had everything one could ever need or want, what was left to dream of?

The worst thing about loneliness is that it brings one face to face with oneself.

The bad part is life continues. The good part is that the pain goes away.

The real meaning of things lies deep down and the real meaning of things is always beautiful because it is simply love.

I am free, you see," she said, "to love or to withhold love. Love and dependence need no longer be the same thing to me. I am free to love. that is why I love you and it is the way I love you. If you have come here, Kit, because you think you owe me something, because you believe I might crumble without your protection, then go away again with my blessing and find happiness with someone else." "I love you," he said again.