“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.”

“All people have three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they are, and that which they think they are.”

“Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided.”

“If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more audacious.”

“Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns I am thankful that thorns have roses.”

“Love in marriage should be the accomplishment of a beautiful dream, and not, as it too often is, the end.”

“once sailed neither the ship nor the shore ever remains the same again.”

“We are not trapped or locked up in these bones. No, no. We are free to change. And love changes us. And if we can love one another, we can break open the sky.”

“One day spent with someone you love can change everything.”

“When he was young, he told her, each phase of his life, each self he tried on, had seemed reassuringly temporary. Its imperfections didn't matter, because he could easily replace one moment by the ...”