“Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames.”

“No, there's nothing half so sweet in life as love's young dream.”

“And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns.”

“What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine.”

“It is only to the happy that tears are a luxury.”

“A friendship that like love is warm; A love like friendship, steady.”

“Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own wo...”

“I'm a heart surgeon, sure, but I'm just a mechanic. I go in and I fuck around and I fix things. Shit.”

“Cat, I'll let you in on a little secret. We don't all love our jobs every day. And doing something you have passion for doesn't make the work part of it any easier...It just makes you less likely t...”