“Raw love, like raw heartache, could blindside you.”

“Having to face him at a competency hearing is like getting to hell and finding out that the only food available is raw liver-insult added to injury.”

“Peter was, simply, what a person would look like if you boiled down the most raw emotions andfiltered them of any social contract. If you hurt, cry. If you rage, strike out.If you hope, get ready for a disappointment.”

“When someone dies, it feels like the hole in your gum when a tooth falls out. You can chew, you can eat, you have plenty of other teeth, but your tongue keeps going back to that empty place, where all the nerves are still a little raw.”

“when you [lose someone], it feels like the hole in your gum when a tooth falls out. You can chew, you can eat, you have plenty of other teeth, but your tongue keeps going back to that empty place, where all nerves are still a little raw”

“The best way to prevent a heartache was to cushion the coming blow.”

“She understood what it was like to stand right in front of people you loved, even though they could not see you.”