“It frightens me, the awful truth, of how sweet life can be...”
“Don't you know how sweet and wonderful life can be”
“The sweetness and generosity and politeness and gentleness and humanity of the French had shown me how lovely life can be if one takes time to be friendly.”
“It's frightening, she thinks, how when the going gets rough you fall back on whatever awful think you grew up with.”
“Humor is a way of holding off how awful life can be, to protect yourself. Finally, you get just too tired, and the news is too awful, and humor doesn't work anymore.”
“The depth of my love for him, of my need for him poured over me, both painful and sweet, both comforting and frightening. If anything happened to him, I didn't know how I would keep going.”