" Like it or not, i was already learning that in the worst and darkest time, I would find specks of light, moments of joy. What I didn't want to learn was the other, harsher lesson - that in life's brightest moments there would also be unbearable pain. p 87 "

― Melody Beattie , The Lessons of Love: Rediscovering Our Passion for Life When It All Seems Too Hard to Take