As he looked up at the clouds or down at the precipice, he realized that this woman was the most important thing in his life; that she was the explanation, the sole reason for the existence of those rocks, that sky, that winter. If she were not there with him, it wouldn't matter if all the angels of heaven came flying down to comfort him--Paradise would make no sense.

Death is our constant companion, and it is death that gives each person's life its true meaning.

The boy and his heart had become friends, and neither was capable now of betraying the other.

You can't avoid pain, but you can choose to overcome it.

I free myself from hatred through forgiveness and love.

Outer beauty is inner beauty made visible.

Going to a charity tea party and thinking that you've done your bit toward putting an end to social inequity in the world.