"Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward."

"If you love deeply, you're going to get hurt badly. But it's still worth it."

"Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do."

"Don't let your happiness depend on something you may lose."

"Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything."

"Love as distinct from "being in love" is not merely a feeling. It is a deep unity, maintained by the will and deliberately strengthened by habit."