“He was powerful and I died of love in his shadow.”

“The coward says in his heart “There is no love.” Because, standing in the shadows of the big, grand, and powerful existence of love, his small spirit is left feeling even smaller and less significant. And so he chooses to deny the existence of love altogether. Because he is too small to have it.”

“Where love rules, there is no will to power, and where power predominates, love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.”

“If he loved with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn't love as much in eighty years as I could in a day.”

“I love you," he said, his voice catching. "When I thought you were going to die, I wanted to die.”

“He was a super shiny boy and I liked the shape of him. Under the blanket. In the shower. I liked his shadow on the street and his imprint on the sofa. I hated the smell of hair gel on his head, but I loved it on the pillow. I love the smell of losing someone.”