The romantic myth is so strong that it survives the wear and tear of marriage by simply detaching from it and floating up on ahead, and women who are rather fond of the men they married, as well as ones who are not, go through life with a bag packed for the day when the shining knight on a white charger arrives, just in case he does.

One can't run in a park without a dog or make angels in the snow without a child and there are things one can't do without a lover, so the loss of the lover is like an amputation and the patient goes into shock.

Loving someone means helping them to be more themselves, which can be different from being what you’d like them to be, although often they turn out the same

If there are no endings, there are no beginnings and you see no new lands, so for everything that's lost, there is usually something gained.

The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving.

There are no perfect men of course, but some are more perfect than others, and we can use all of those we can get.

Loving can cost a lot but not loving always cost more.