“Each person is alone with his pain, even when others share the same fate.”— Dorthe Binkert Related Quotes “My mother was lost to me, but I wasn’t lost. She had anchored me, to Amma, my father, Link, Gatlin, before she left. I felt her in the streets, my house, the library, even the pantry.”— Kami Garcia “It is the heart that has been pierced that feels the most.”— Jocelyn Murray “This time, there are no tears. This time, there is only emptiness and I feel it set in the straight line of my mouth. I am not strong enough for this. I want an earthquake, a hurricane, anything – even a devil, the one with the cloven hoof – Mrs. Leed’s unfortunate 13th child – to rush out and stomp on me, break me into little pieces and hurl me to the stars, let me go back with those people I love. Please.”— Kathleen DeMarco