The intimacy. The deepest level of love. The knowledge that someone understands you, is rooting for you, is sharing your life.

A library is a home filled with our stories. On every shelf, we see ourselves, experience our collective conscious, describe our dreams and our great longing for times that have passed, the sterling moment of the present and the glorious future known only in our imaginations.

All you needed is what every girl needs, a good friend. Someone to talk to, to share with, to run things by.

Relief is a wonderful emotion, highly underrated. In fact, I prefer it to elation or joy. Relief lets the air out of the Tire of Pain.

A practical girl never pines; she takes action.

Two different things. Work is survival, and love sustains you. You have work anytime. But love? Not always.

Our faces will become works of art that our grandchildren will treasure.