“ 'Even pain is impossibly exquisite.' ”
“There is such a thing as anesthesia of pain, engendered by pain too exquisite to be borne. ”
“If love was a choice, who would ever choose such exquisite pain?”
“Even knowing all, being forbidden to tell. Even wanting to help, rescue is impossible. I know of no condition more painful than that.”
“ 'You love her without willing it or wanting it, and that is the most exquisite pain of all.' ”
“She knew all about love—that beautiful, exquisitely painful but precious journey.”