“I want my kids to enjoy romance as part of the entirety of marriage, when it has been earned with commitment and hard work.”

“Just having friends isnt enough, however. Our friendships should be ones that are pleasing to God and edifying to us as well as our friends.”

“When we remember our identity in Christ, it changes the way we see these relationships because we no longer base our worth on the approval of others but the approval we have already received from o...”

“..."Dont marry an orange and expect him to turn into an apple." If you want an orange, great. If not, put him back in the proverbial fruit bowl for someone else to enjoy and move on.”

“Its funny how when you say yes to something (like the man of your dreams), you dont think about the fact that you are also saying no to something else.”

“Part of growing up is narrowing your life choices to a manageable size.”

“The seeking of a mate shall be undertaken with due preparation and care. A life-bond should never be contemplated as a light thing--unlike a legal union or sanctified joining, the sealing of souls ...”

“I dont have cookie-cutter relationships, Rumi. Women arent iPhone apps that I download and discard!”

“In advising the heads of state to learn from tragedy rather than perpetuate its existence Robert Kennedy excalimed, "Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live." ...”

“Well, in that hit you miss. She'll not be hitWith Cupid's arrow. She hath Dian's wit,And, in strong proff of chastity well armed,From Love's weak childish bow she lives uncharmed. She will not stay...”

“Oh love how can we not be together?' Romeo cried. "Without the sight of you every day, the smell, the taste of you, I would wither away. My blood would turn to powder in my veins. And you? Have you...”

“These violent delights have violent endsAnd in their triump die, like fire and powderWhich, as they kiss, consume”