“My pains are but trifling things compared to my joy.”

“The pain I felt when I lost my glove was nothing compared to the pain I felt losing my hand as well.”

“I wipe away my tears and nod, because the pain in my leg is nothing compare to the one in my heart.”

“Perhaps what matters is not the human pain or joy at all but, rather, the play of shadow and light on a live body, the harmony of trifles assembled...in a unique and inimitable way.”

“For standing between Cody and his pain is my obligation, and standing between my uncle and his pain is my rent, but the pain I coax from Bronte is my joy”

“I understand pain. I've lived with pain my entire life. But pain is nothing compared to betrayal. And betrayal is nothing compared to knowing that the javelin in your back was rammed there by the one person in your life you actually trusted.”