4 Quotes by Bruce Brooks

When we love someone it is because we built that feeling, bit by bit. It’s a choice. It’s what we make only for ourselves...

It’s a gift, that’s all. And when you get a gift, you feel good. Doesn’t matter if you haven’t got a gift ready to give in return. Something as fine as love from someone as nice as you – well, knowing about it means a lot. It can mean everything.

This is what he was good at, he realized. This is what he did. He placed himself in the world, and the world drew his thoughts outside himself, where they multiplied and spiraled and led him in silent, thrilling flights. And as he expanded into the world, he expanded inside. At these moments an endlessness beyond thought opened inside him. Outside, his mind was whizzing through things, but inside, he was silent, still; sometimes, he knew he was not even breathing.

She was not someone’s sister, she was not someone’s child. She was Dolores and Dolores was the good guys.