I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.
Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before.
Ask no questions, and you'll be told no lies.
Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.
The broken heart. You think you will die, but you just keep living, day after day after terrible day.
It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.
Spring is the time of year when it is summer in the sun and winter in the shade.
