It’s easy to do right when everything goes right. But let everything go wrong, and see how difficult it becomes.

Now you will feel no rain, for each of you will be shelter for the other. Now you will feel no cold, for each of you will be warmth for the other. Now there will be no loneliness, for each of you will be companion to the other. Now you are two persons, but there are three lives before you: His life, Her Life, and Your life together.

His reply offers infinite solace in a single word. Always.

Just . . . love me, and let tomorrow look after itself.

But courage wasn't an absence of fear; it was fighting despite the knot in your stomach.

I never knew I had the power to hurt him, only that he possessed the power to hurt me.

Now I know there are ways to belong to someone that don’t take anything away. A relationship shouldn’t impose limits—and if it does, then it’s wrong. A lover should help you exceed your potential, not clip your wings.