“I wish I could change things for you, make it so this all doesn't have to hurt so much. But that's the point, isn't it? That one day we'll find that the pain we suffered was worth it.”
“Mama?""Yes, Emmy."She traced a rivulet of rain with her finger as it made its journey down the glass. "How do you know when it's been long enough?"Emmy could sense her mother smiling into the phone. "When you relaize that love doesn't have a time span. Only pain does. I think sometimes it's hard to distinguish between the two, so we just hold on to both of them like they're inseparable.”
“The highway of life was littered with the roadkill of those who didn't know when to change lanes.”
“You have to get through the rain if you're ever going to see a rainbow.”
“A life without rain is like the sun without shade.”
“Great tragedy gives us opportunities for great kindness.”