“We have to give up so many things when the people we love die. So we hang on to other familiar things.”

“I cant quite figure out the difference between loving someone and loving things about them.”

“Love is insanity, apparently.”

“Love is something you have or dont have. Love is like a fever.”

“It sounds like love just sort of happens, whether you want it to or not, whether youre married or not.”

“Even when everything hurts, even when other cities are exploding and people we love are disappearing, theres still space for sweet things.”

“When I say it's you I like, I'm talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part of you that allows you to stand for t...”

“You know Balbec so well - do you have friends in the area?'I have friends wherever there are companies of trees, wounded but not vanquished, which huddle together with touching obstinacy to implore...”

“Things that matter are not easy. Feelings of happiness are easy. Happiness is not. Flirting is easy. Love is not. Saying youre friends is easy. Being friends is not.”

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”

“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.”

“To be happy, you simply need to choose happiness and it comes from within not without.”

“Master the art of finding something to celebrate about in each moment and life will become an exciting adventure.”

“There isnt a single definition of happiness to suit everyones requirements, but you know it when you feel it.”