It's different when the person you love dies. There's an awful finality to death. But it is final. The end. And there's the funeral, family gatherings, grieving, all of those necessary rituals. And they help, believe me. When the object of your love just disappears, there's no way to deal with the grief and pain.

Life was life. It happened. You never knew what was going to come at you. Or how you could defend yourself.

What is done can never be undone.

My dear girl, you must cultivate a taste for the finer things. Civilized pleasures give meaning to life.

I am a huge admirer of Elizabeth I, and this intriguing biography gives a wonderful picture of the era.

She put her hand in his, and he clasped it firmly, knowing he had been waiting for her all his life.

This parting cannot be for long; for those who love as we do cannot be parted. We shall always be united in thought, and thought is a great magnet. I have often spoken to thee of reason, now i speak to thee of faith