"Fools who wear their hearts proudly on their sleeves, who cannot control their emotions, who wallow in sad memories and allow themselves to be provoked this easily - weak people, in other words.."

Professor Severus Snape, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

"Why did she feel she didn’t belong to anyone? Did she unconsciously love the people who kept their distance?"

The Bonesetter’s Daughter novel by  Amy Tan

"Each time I loved something with a special ache, I put it in my trunk of best things. I hid it for so long I almost forgot I had them."

LuLing Liu Young, “The Bonesetter’s Daughter” By Amy Tan