"A lot of people, especially psychoanalysts, assume that happiness can only be found in a couple - but not all of us are made for a relationship."
"we all try to silence painful emotions. but when we succeed in feeling nothing we lose the only means we have of knowing what hurts us and why."
"For a minute, the fantasy frightened her, but ultimately, this fear saved her from feeling alone."
"As he spoke, I had the mental image of a small boy switching on the nightlight, not because he wants to be able to find his parents during the night, but because he fears his parents will forget him - lose him - in the dark."
"Being loved is the problem, because love is a demand - when you're loved, someone wants more of you."
"Closure is just as delusive-it is the false hope that we can deaden our living grief."
"Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this attentiveness -- the feeling that someone is trying to think about us -- something we want more than praise?"