“Trust life, and it will teach you, in joy and sorrow, all you need to know.”

“Whoever has loved knows all that life contains of sorrow and joy.”

“There is no greater joy in the Christian life than to trust Him and need no explanation.”

“The more love that fell your way, the more sorrow will befall you; if you had abstained from love, you would now be relieved of sorrow; the greater the love you enjoy, the greater the sorrow of life without love. Wife, child, wealth and all earthly goods must bring some measure of joy at first, and a greater of sorrow at last; all earthly love must turn to sorrow; sorrow is love’s end, the end of joy is grief, sadness must follow pleasure, the enjoyment of one’s will must end in disaffection – to such an end all living things must run. Learn a little more, if you wish to cackle with wisdom!”

“Trust your reader. Not everything needs to be explained. If you really know something, and breathe life into it, they'll know it too.”

“The truth is life is full of joy and full of great sorrow, but you can't have one without the other.”