“There should be more to love," said the earth, "than 'it did not kill me.' More than 'I survived it.”

“Seek out the company of those who will never ask you to jump," the earth advised.Bertie remembered the rush of feathers as she soared above the audience. "I can catch myself.""Of those whose love will never fill your lungs with water-" the earth argued."But it did not kill me.""there should be more to love," said the earth, "than 'it did not kill me.' More than 'I survived it.”

“I have flown and fallen, and I have swum deep and drowned, but there should be more to love than "I survived it.”

“I love you more than anything onthis earth; more than anything in the universe. I love you morethan life, more than my family, and I love you more than I lovebeing with you in that way.”

“Killing a man should be more different than killing a game. It was not.”

“I love you all, so much more than you should ever love me.”