Paul Russell said this quote

Chris is a little ashamed of having once fallen for him: it makes him sad how everything changes, how ruthless the heart can be.

~ Paul Russell

Was there anything quite so painful, so fraught with the possibilities of hurt, as gift giving within a family?

~ Paul Russell

Soon would come the night in which there was no more work – not the work of the hands, nor the work of the mind, nor the work of the heart.

~ Paul Russell

Still, for all that, her life had lacked passion. The demons had never come for her.

~ Paul Russell