“There are walks of pain—the pacing-around-your-house-lonesome-heartbreak kind. There are walks of joy—leaping and bold, ecstatic with good news. There are walks of new beginnings—the first steps of a child or a young woman learning to become like a child again. And there are hornets’ nests of walks that sting you with living terror.” PainJoyFearWalksWalkingHeartbreakFirst StepsNew BeginningsChildlike Book:Peter Source: Peter
“He could not forget. Nor should he. But today, today I could try to take away—no, alleviate—some of the pain. For just a moment. Sometimes, sometimes a moment was enough.” LifePainSufferingHopeGriefEmotionHealing Book:Peter Source: Peter
“Pain enlarges the heart, increasing its capacity to understand and care. Joy enters the heart, bathing it anew.” PainJoyHealing Book:Peter Source: Peter
“But the air around me had become solid, particles of wood and cement, and I could not find a word or thought transparent enough to breathe.” PainSufferingGrief Book:Peter Source: Peter