...having you as a friend wasn’t second prize. It wasn’t something to chafe against. It was an honor.

I’d tell you to fetch a match, but you have always had your own spark.

Despite the loss they were suffering, they'd both relaxed - as people do when they realize they've run out of chances for happiness

Solitude is strength

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.

Why is it that you can sometimes feel the reality of people more keenly through a letter than face to face?

I learn the lines and pray to God.

nothing is stronger or better founded than the sentiments for which we can give no reason.

When it is time to part, then it is time to part. There should be no regrets. The beauty of marriage is like the fleeting perfection of a snowflake.

Look... to go through life and call it yours - your life - you first have to get your own pain. Pain that's unique to you. You can't just dip into the common bin and say 'That's enough!'.

Let my inspiration flow, in token lines suggesting rhythm, that will not forsake me, till my tale is told and done.

There is no such thing as a hate crime.