"Life is hard," she said, "and life is sad. Life is one thousand crevices carved into your heartscape, By human fingernails, even your own."
"You will feel strongest, somehow, when you cry. You will feel that there is nothing left that can harm you and you will be wrong, and you will be right. And you'll beat into your head your own lessons and others will beat the kindness and empathy right out of your mind. You will be shaken, rattled to your core time after time, and each time you'll find that your heartscape, your center is more brazen than blind. It has its own mind; It has never resigned. Swim the caverns you've carved into your insides and realize -
You are not damaged, but exposed. Opened up like a flower blooming toward the light."