The frightened walk away when love is difficult. I know that now. You have to be willing to give everything away. You have to be willing to end up with nothing. Only then will your heart be whole.

“I must keep my head and not give in to desire, for desire is what causes women …”

“Some stories stayed with you even when you wanted to forget them.”

“My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessa…”

“I thought perhaps I had been wrong, too quick to judge the essence of a being b…”