“For, just as in the beginning it is formed by desire, so afterwards love is kept in existence only by painful anxiety. ”

“We infrequently contemplate the harms that await any new-born child—pain, disappointment, anxiety, grief, and death. For any given child we cannot predict what form these harms will take or how severe they will be, but we can be sure that at least some of them will occur. None of this befalls the nonexistent. Only existers suffer harm.”

“The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.”

“The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.”

“Childhood isn't just those years. It's also the opinions you form about them afterward. That's why our childhoods are so long.”

“To see someone you love in so much pain—especially emotional pain that can’t be remedied—was the worst form of torture.”