There’s a fine line between a monster and a hero.
There’s a difference between understanding something in yer mind and really knowing it, deep down.
The greatest burden lies in caring for those we cannot help. Not in having no one for whom to care.
The dead cannot speak for themselves. It’s the living we must watch.
Sometimes we get a better idea of what’s to come when we look at what’s gone by.
Sometimes a hand in the dark is the comfort a man needs before his soul takes its final journey.
She smiles in her sleep, as you say I do. I remember Jenny bending over each of her newborn bairns, watching them for hours. I could watch Brianna like that and never tire of it. She is a gift. From me to you. And you to me.[to Claire]
Savagery can exist in many forms.
Pain of losing a child never leaves you.
One can be tortured with the truth as well as a lie.
No sane man can guess the mind of a mad one.
If you were no longer there, or somewhere, then the sun would no longer come up or go down.[to Claire]