Why do I want to run from happiness?

I know it is something of a cliche to say that love makes all things possible, but I believe it does. It is not a magic wand that can be waved over life to make it all sweet and lovely and trouble free, but it can give the energy to fight the odds and win.

I would be consumed by you,' she said, and blinked her eyes furiously when she felt them fill with tears. 'You would sap all the energy and all the joy from me. You would put out all the fire of my vitality.' 'Give me a chance to fan the flames of that fire,' he said, 'and to nurture your joy.

There had to be a reason why they were not going to marry. They had both been so adamant about it. What the devil was the reason?

But a mother-son relationship is not a coequal one, is it? He is lonely with only you just as you are lonely with only him.

Sometimes it just seems that love is not enough, does it?

Even friends need private spaces, if only within the depths of their own souls, where no one else is allowed to intrude.