“The more painful it is, tragically, the more you do learn, though, that's the good part.”

“The more pain I train myself to stand, the more I learn. You are afraid of pain now, Unk, but you won't learn anything if you don't invite the pain. And the more you learn, the gladder you will be to stand the pain.”

“Do you not see that? That's what being family is - that's the best part - it's not tit for tat or who owes more, it's simply - when one hurts, so does the other; when one finds good, you share in that, too. That's family.”

“That's tragic, also unfortunate, and often illegal. More importantly, it's also unnecessary.”

“Pain was my tie to a past that a part of me wanted to hold on to. The more I hurt, the more I knew I loved, and that felt like a good thing.”

“I don't know what's more tragic, knowing how to read and choosing not to, or not knowing how to read and refusing to learn.”