“Even so you have managed to live that love in the only way possible for you. Losing it before it happened.”

“Soon you give up, don't look for her anymore, either in the town or at night or in the daytime.Even so you have managed to live that love in the only way possible for you. Losing it before it happened.”

“And loving a new person might even eventually dull the pain of having lost the people you have loved before, even if it didn't happen as quickly as you wanted it to. (p 99)”

“You don't have to understand why anything that has happened nor do you even have to understand what it is that has happened. You have only to live with the remains.”

“You may lose the people you love. You may lose the things you have. But no matter what happens, never lose yourself.”

“When you are just EXISTING, life happens to you… and you manage; when you are truly LIVING, you happen to life… and you lead.”