and he suddenly knew that if she killed herself, he would die. Maybe not immediately, maybe not with the same blinding rush of pain, but it would happen. You couldn't live for very long without a heart.

How could you go about choosing something that would hold the half of your heart you had to bury?

See, as much as you want to hold on to the bitter sore memory that someone has left this world, you are still in it

In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for the parents who lose a child.

If you think about someone you've loved and lost, you are already with them. The rest is just details.