“She knew all about love—that beautiful, exquisitely painful but precious journey.”

“She knew how to put one foot in front of the other even when every step hurt. And she knew there was pain in the journey, but there was also great beauty. She'd seen it standing on rooftops and in green eyes and in the smallest, ugliest rock.”

“She knew she could answer it. She knew how to put one foot in front of the other even when every step hurt. And she knew there was pain in the journey, but there was also great beauty. She’d seen it standing on rooftops and in green eyes and in the smallest, ugliest rock. She would find the answer.”

“ 'You love her without willing it or wanting it, and that is the most exquisite pain of all.' ”

“There is beauty in all we know and beauty in all we don't know. Our journey is to love it all.”

“If love was a choice, who would ever choose such exquisite pain?”