In a few more days I'd anticipated telling Veronika that our injections had cured her heart condition. But in light of her unscheduled departure form Villette my telling that particular lie will not be required. The majority of people who attempt suicide repeat that attempt until they succeed. I took a risk in lying to her about her condition, i decided to test the only remedy i have come to have any faith in: awareness of life. Until she finds out from some other doctor that she is perfectly healthy. She'll consider each day a miracle. Which in my view it is.

The power of storytelling is exactly this: to bridge the gaps where everything else has crumbled.

A life is never useless. Each soul that came down to Earth is here for a reason.

He though does not always have faith.

I learned long ago that in order to heal my wounds, I must have the courage to face up with them.

Setting out rules for waging war (the Geneva Convention).

Don't you think you're quite young?' 'I'm twenty-one,' said Brida. 'If I wanted to start learning ballet, I'd be conseidered too old.