“If I have learned anything in this long life of mine, it is this: in love we find out who we want to be; in war we find out who we are.”

“Love. It was the beginning and end of everything, the foundation and the ceiling and the air in between.”

“I am a mother and mothers dont have the luxury of falling apart in front of their children, even when they are afraid, even when their children are adults.”

“She had tried to be loved by him; more important, she had tried to keep loving him, but in the end, one was impossible as the other.”

“It is nearly impossible.''Nearly impossible and impossible are not the same thing.”

“I just want to keep you safe.I smile. Americans can be so naive.”

“If pain must come, may it come quickly. Because I have a life to live, and I need to live it in the best way possible. If he has to make a choice, may he make it now. Then I will either wait for hi...”

“Well, nowIf little by little you stop loving meI shall stop loving youLittle by littleIf suddenly you forget meDo not look for meFor I shall already have forgotten youIf you think it long and mad t...”

“Most things are forgotten over time. Even the war itself, the life-and-death struggle people went through is now like something from the distant past. Were so caught up in our everyday lives that e...”

“every time God forgives us, God is saying that God's own rules do not matter as much as the relationship that God wants to create with us.”

“I've never heard anyone say "I wish I hadn't forgiven.”

“We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness an...”

“I have decided to stick to love...Hate is too great a burden to bear.”

“Hate the sin, love the sinner.”

“The opposite of love is not hate, its apathy, when you simply don't bother about that person!”