Feel lucky for what you have when you have it. Isn't that the point? Happily ever after doesn't mean happy forever.

Among men and women, those in love do not always announce themselves with declarations and vows. But they are the ones who weep when you're gone. Who miss you every single night, especially when the sky is so deep and beautiful, and the ground so very cold.

Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with.

That's why there are ten gates to pass through before you reach the garden. If life were easy there would be one gate. There would be no gates at all.

I must keep my head and not give in to desire, for desire is what causes women to drown.

Still, she knows one thing for certain: never judge a relationship unless you are the one wrapped up in its arms.

Still, I couldn't help but wonder if it was a mistake for people like us to be tied to a place. If we weren't meant to be ready and willing to wander. If everything we needed was contained in who we were. And what we remember.