Jan-Philipp Sendker, The Art Of Hearing Heartbeats Quotes

Yet she also longed for moments when she might be weak, when she need not prove anything to anyone.

She saw that he knew what loneliness was, that he understood why it might be raining inside a person even when the sun shone, that sadness needed no immediate cause.

How can anyone truthfully claim to love someone when they’re not prepared to share everything with that person, including their past?

She hoped that Tin Win would learn what she had learned over the years: that there are wounds time does not heal, though it can reduce them to a manageable size.

Eyes and ears are not the problem... It is rage that blinds and deafens us. Or fear. Envy, mistrust. The world contracts, gets all out of joint when you are angry or afraid.