“It doesn't hurt. Nothing hurts except the small smiles and blushes that flash across the room like tiny sparrows.”
“...and there was nothing to do except to wait and to hurt.”
“As we stand to leave, I look across the dining hall and through the glass at Lilly. She is smiling at me and the smile hurts.”
“Nothing can hurt you except sin; nothing can grieve me except sin; nothing can defeat you except sin. Therefore, be on your guard, my Mansoul.”
“...I wanted to go to sleep so that I wouldn't have to think because the only thing I could think was how much it hurt because there was no room for anything else in my head, but I couldn't go to sleep and I just had to sit there and there was nothing to do except to wait and to hurt.”
“Pretend it doesn't hurt, and hope like hell that one day it doesn't anymore.”