“if what is true brings us sorrow, / if what sorrow brings is truth”

“Sorrow fully accepted brings its own gifts. For there is alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmitted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness.”

“The price of a memory, is the memory of the sorrow it brings.”

“The price of a memory is the memory of the sorrow they bring.”

“Your tears of sorrow today will bring bliss in the future....”

“By living our lives, we nurture death. True as this might be, it was only one of the truths we had to learn. What I learned from Naoko's death was this: no truth can cure the sorrow we feel from losing a loved one. No truth, no sincerity, no strength, no kindness can cure that sorrow. All we can do is see it through to the end and learn something from it, but what we learn will be no help in facing the next sorrow that comes to us without warning.”