“It's strange how fear works. It suddenly stands at your shoulder, and slides its arm around you. Its fist closes on your heart.”
“Sticks and stones and fists CAN break your bones, but it's the words that break your heart.”
“It's an awe-filled, wonderful, terrifying act to have a child, for you suddenly wear your heart on the outside of your body. You risk a little more each day as he wanders from your arms into the world.”
“It hurts to be around life. People don't understand how close death is, right over their shoulders, around the block, at the end of a street. It's everywhere.”
“...just a little touches her and there. He puts his hands on your arms or back, he stands close to you, getting you used to him... it's a mating ritual. Like March of the Penguins.”
“Sometimes fear is a warning. It's like someone putting a hand on your shoulder and saying Go No Farther.”