“Don't take my pain away, leave my pain right there, you could even put more pain inside my pain and it wouldn't bother me.”

“When pain brings you down, don't be silly, don't close your eyes and cry, you just might be in the best position to see the sun shine.”

“Joy came always after pain.”

“Like we were connected, the echo of his pain twisted inside inside me. his pain, my pain.”

“Nothing stays the same it all gets crushed. It all gets broken. It all passes with time. Only the moment you're in has any meaning.""There are things that stand the test of time, there are things that last. Like love.""Love theres nothing more fragile or ephereal.Love is like fire on a rainy day: you've got tospend all your time protecting it, feeding it, tending it because if you don't it goes out.""There are some loves that last.""No, what lasts is the pain that comes after love.”

“Freedom lies at the heart of my willingness to lose everything”

“I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament.”