“All those sounds of her failure and regret would be left behind, and in their place there would be silence.”
“Music is pleasing not only because of the sound but because of the silence that is in it: without the alternation of sound and silence there would be no rhythm.”
“All the logic in the world could not blunt the pain. Logic could not blunt her terrible sense of personal failure. Only time would do those things, and time would do an imperfect job.”
“Death is never swift... No matter how those left behind would like to comfort themselves with the thought. -Before Ever After”
“Mirabelle is not affected by a man’s failures to approach her, as her own self-depreciating attitude never allows the idea that he would in the first place.”
“I would have thought this would make me feel better.. getting to be the one to leave and not the one left behind. But it didn't. Not at all.”