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"'When there is great pain, there are only three rules: not to push the pain away, not to try to understand it, and not to indulge in it.' Kierra's voice had a comforting certainty. 'Make yourself as open as a young tree caught in a storm. Let the storm bend you at its will, do not resist it, do not argue with it either—how could one argue with the wind and the rain? and never, ever feel sorry for yourself.'"

"...she starts to laugh, because she has no idea what she's thankful for and yet the feeling of gratitude makes your heart sing. Gratitude is a gift, too! she realizes. And multiplies hundred times the desire to thank. It's like becoming aware of the coolness of the breeze in the middle of summer, or the warmth of the log fire in the middle of winter. It makes each cell long to sing" (p. 165).

"Once in the mountains I will live off my hunting, at least to begin with. A strange exaltation had taken hold of him. This is the beginning. I'm starting, at last. 'You are starting what?' said a mocking voice inside him. He laughed. I'm starting to live; I was half asleep, now I'm alive" (p. 26).