“They do not love that do not show their love.”

“Because God is never cruel, there is a reason for all things. We must know the pain of loss; because if we never knew it, we would have no compassion for others, and we would become monsters of self-regard, creatures of unalloyed self-interest. The terrible pain of loss teaches humility to our prideful kind, has the power to soften uncaring hearts, to make a better person of a good one.”

“The worst memories stick with us, while the nice ones always seem to slip through our fingers.”

“Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.”

“It wasn’t my day. My week. My month. My year. My life. God damn it.”

“If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats.”

“But that's how memory works," Bitterblue said quietly. "Things disappear without your permission, then come back again without your permission." And sometimes they came back incomplete and warped.”

“Your life is an occasion. Rise to it.”