Love is a sacred silence.

The sight of snow made her think how beautiful and short life is and how, in spite of all their enmities, people have so very much in common; measured against eternity and the greatness of creation, the world in which they lived was narrow. That's why snow drew people together. It was as if snow cast a veil over hatreds, greed, and wrath and made everyone feel close to one another. -- Snow pg 119

Writing my own diary is the best form of remembrance, but only for my own use. I need these notes; it's like an impulse.

As much as I live I shall not imitate them or hate myself for being different to them

We fall in love more deeply when were unhappy.

The silence of snow, thought the man sitting just behind the bus driver.

Turkey, with its political intolerance, as I have described it, is prepared to march forward, to break with its taboo about the Armenians, and is making great strides with respect to human rights and freedom of speech so that it can join the European Union. This alone shows how powerful the European idea is.