Chris Bowens

“Knock, And He'll open the door
Vanish, And He'll make you shine like the sun
Fall, And He'll raise you to the heavens
Become nothing, And He'll turn you into everything.”
― Jalal Ad-Din Rumi

“Where you need to be?" he asked me.
And I had the strangest thought: Right here is where I need to be.”
― Gayle Forman, I Have Lost My Way

“Just as, she now understands, Nathaniel's loss has somehow merged with her own. It sounds like a burden, to take this on, but really, it's the opposite. To be the holder of other people's loss is to be the keeper of their love. To share your loss with people is another way of giving your love.”
― Gayle Forman, I Have Lost My Way

“They may be complete strangers, with different lives and different problems, but there in that examination room they are measuring sadness the same way. They are measuring it in loss.”
― Gayle Forman, I Have Lost My Way