“Carefully they replaced the soil and covered the entire grave with uprooted grass.Neither one had spoken a word.”

“When graves are covered with stones, the dead can no longer get out. But the dead can’t go out anyway! What difference does it make whether they’re covered with soil or stones?”

“No, It's hard to uproot yourself and really become yourself in another soil, but it's also an opportunity, another kind of growth.”

“Even as a very young man, I knew that my family is like a plant. Uproot it, and it will wilt. Pluck away at it, and it will die. But leave it to thrive in the soil, untouched, and it will weather both gods and winds. It is born with the soil, and it will live so long as the soil shall live.”

“We held each other the entire night, no words spoken but the still, silent night uttered so much.”

“Words and Heart must be handled with care, because words once spoken and heart once broken are difficult to repair.”