You're never alone when you're reading a book.

There is something about losing your mother that is permanent and inexpressable - a wound that will never quite heal.

I never felt I was incapable of succeeding because I felt confident I could always learn what I needed to know.

Scary thought - what if I get to know myself and I'm someone I don't want to be?

An event in the present evokes past sensations. But science couldn't explain how a foolish heart had the power to overrule common sense.

Fear and love were sometimes the same thing both necessary unavoidable. Now she understood that it was okay to bleed if you know how to heal.

Insults sting but a little when they stem from a man's ignorance.