Her heart felt too full, a dry creek bed ill-prepared for such rain.

The heart is an arrow. It demands aim to land true.

Stop punishing yourself for being someone with a heart. You cannot protect yourself from suffering. To live is to grieve. You are not protecting yourself by shutting yourself off from the world. You are limiting yourself.

He looked down at his boots. "That berth belongs to you too. It will always be there when―if you want to come back."Inej could not speak. Her heart felt too full, a dry creek bed ill-prepared for such rain. "I don't know what to say.

The Shu had a saying, one she’d always liked: Yuyeh sesh. Despise your heart. She would do what had to be done.

Stop punishing yourself for being someone with a heart.