"Sadness might be many things, but it is rarely stupid. The good sadness, I think, is always trying to tell us something very important."

"You are strong. And you are brave. And you are kind. Even when you are sad."

"It is another of life’s great mysteries that sadness and joy can coexist so compatibly with one another. In fact, I wonder if, on this side of heaven, either one can be complete without the other."