“There is a comfort in the strength of love;'Twill make a thing endurable, which else Would overset the brain, or break the heart.-Michael: A Pastoral Poem”

“Love don't make things nice, it ruins everything, it breaks your heart, it makes things a mess. We're not here to make things perfect. Snowflakes are perfect. The stars are perfect. Not us. We are here to ruin ourselves and break our hearts and love the wrong people and die.”

“...a fixation is very stubborn: it burrows into the brain and breaks the heart. There are many fixations, but love is the worst.”

“Strength enough to build a home, Time enough to hold a child,Love enough to break a heart”

“This time her heart would not break, even though it would hurt and hurt for a long time to come. Perhaps for the rest of her life. But it would not break. She had the strength to go on alone.”

“We draw our strength from the pains and despairs in which we have been forced to endure. But because of that strength, we shall endure.”