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"What if depression is, in fact, a form of grief--for our own lives not being as they should? What if it is a form of grief for the connections we have lost, yet still need?"

"There's no hierarchy of pain. Suffering shouldn't be ranked, because pain is not a contest."

"Love is not a feeling; it's giving someone what he or she needs most when it is least deserved."

"There are many Beths in the world, shy and quiet, sitting in corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully that no one sees the sacrifices till the little cricket on the hearth stops chirping, and the sweet, sunshiny presence vanishes, leaving silence and shadow behind."

“...we often mistake love for fireworks - for drama and dysfunction. But real love is very quiet, very still. It's boring, if seen from the perspective of high drama. Love is deep and calm - and constant.”

"But Ana Kuya used to tell me that hope was tricky like water. Somehow it always found a way in."