❝ YOU WILL LOSE SOMEONE YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT, AND YOUR HEART WILL BE BADLY BROKEN, AND THE BAD NEWS IS THAT YOU NEVER COMPLETELY GET OVER THE LOSS OF YOUR BELOVED. BUT THIS IS ALSO THE GOOD NEWS. THEY LIVE FOREVER IN YOUR BROKEN HEART THAT DOESN'T SEAL BACK UP. AND YOU COME THROUGH. IT'S LIKE HAVING A BROKEN LEG THAT NEVER HEALS PERFECTLY—THAT STILL HURTS WHEN THE WEATHER GETS COLD, BUT YOU LEARN TO DANCE WITH THE LIMP.❞

— anne lamott,
"plan b: further thoughts on faith"

❝THE WAY I SEE IT, EVERY LIFE IS A PILE OF GOOD THINGS AND BAD THINGS. THE GOOD THINGS DON'T ALWAYS SOFTEN THE BAD THINGS, BUT VICE VERSA, THE BAD THINGS DON'T ALWAYS SPOIL THE GOOD THINGS AND MAKE THEM UNIMPORTANT.❞

— doctor who season five episode ten,
"vincent and the doctor"