“You have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince”

“I hug him tightly. I cant imagine my life without you, Christian. I love you so much it frightens me. Me, too, he breathes. My life would be empty without you. I love you so much.”

“I want my world to start and end with you.”

“I've never wanted more, until I met you.”

“Sometimes I wonder if there's something wrong with me. Perhaps I've spent too long in the company of my literary romantic heroes, and consequently my ideals and expectations are far too high.”

“You wanted hearts and flowers, he murmurs.I blink at him, not quite believing what Im seeing.You have my heart. And he waves toward the room.And here are the flowers, I whisper, completing his sent...”

“I've never wanted more, until I met you.”

“It's much easier to wear your pain on the outside...”

“It's much easier to wear your pain on the outside...”

“work at our responsibility as parents as if everything in life counted on it, because in fact everything in life does count on it.”

“Happiness [is] only real when shared”

“That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable.”

“There is truth, my boy. But the doctrine you desire, absolute, perfect dogma that alone provides wisdom, does not exist. Nor should you long for a perfect doctrine, my friend. Rather, you should lo...”

“Don't aim for perfection. Aim for 'better than yesterday'.”

“What was happening to them was that every bad time produced a bad feeling that in turn produced several more bad times and several more bad feelings, so that their life together became crowded with...”