Love is an actual need, an urgent requirement of the heart, he read aloud from an old essay on marriage that he found in his files.Every properly constituted human being who entertains an appreciation of loneliness...and looks forward to happiness and content feels the necessity of loving. Without it, life is unfinished.
Jan KaronEven the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved.
Jan KaronIn World War One, they called it shell shock. Second time around, they called it battle fatigue. After 'Nam, it was post-traumatic stress disorder.
Jan KaronThere's nothing trite about being consoled in a world that does everything in its power to deliver sorrow.
Jan Karon