“pain has its own timetable. You can't rush it. You can't forgive somebody before you're ready. You can't tell anybody else how to reach that point.”
“Life Lesson 3: You can't rush grief. It has its own timetable. All you can do is make sure there are lots of soft places around -- beds, pillows, arms, laps.”
“You can't see the world from somebody else's point of view and not be changed.”
“People can't concieve of a virtue in someone else that they can't coneive in themselves. Instead of believing you're stronger, it's so much easier to imagine you're weake. You're addicted to self-abuse. You're a liar. People are always ready to believe the opposite of what you tell them.”
“But I have learned that you can't just create your own timetable and will it to come true.”
“You can't let anybody else tell you what your choices are. Sometimes they won't give you the right choice.”