" A broken heart is not the worst thing in the world. And neither, when it comes to that, is death. You can't get through a good, strong life without coming upon both of them one way or another, without looking them both straight in the eye. But if I could go back in time and protect myself from my broken heart by living my life in fear, by saying yes to every bully and slave driver who came along, by scuttling away from my duty and from my country and from the things I love and believe in, I wouldn't do it "
― Andrew Klavan , The Truth of the Matter (The Homelanders, #3)