God understands. And God understands that part of us which is more than we think we are.

When a bride insists on telling her lover everything, I suspect she is looking for a father, not a husband.

The unending paradox is that we do learn through pain.

We are all strangers in a strange land, longing for home, but not quite knowing what or where home is. We glimpse it sometimes in our dreams, or as we turn a corner, and suddenly there is a strange, sweet familiarity that vanishes almost as soon as it comes...

Don't be afraid..." We need this reassurance. Even for those of us who believe implicitly in angels, to be confronted by one is an awesome thing."

Love is the one surprise.

Love can't be pinned down by a definition, and it certainly can't be proved, any more than anything else important in life can be proved.