love

"He recognized her despite the uproar, through his tears of unrepeatable sorrow at dying without her, and he looked at her for the last and final time with eyes more luminous, more grief-stricken, more grateful than she had ever seen them in half a century of a shared life, and he managed to say to her with his last breath: “Only God knows how much I loved you"

"My life path has been a blessing and a great learning experience. Skateboarding is my passion and I don't see that changing. When I'm not skating, I love to surf. I'm open to the new experiences and opportunities."

"Women in love are less ashamed than men. They have less to be ashamed of."

"I’ll wear a maze on a necklace, dangling over my chest, because if you want to get at my heart, you have to be ready to lose yourself."

"There is peace even in the storm"

"Language is the key to the heart of people."

"Sometimes it takes a heartbreak to shake us awake & help us see we are worth so much more than we're settling for."

"When all is said and done, the weather and love are the two elements about which one can never be sure."

"Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another."

"I am the three minutes of 180 seconds, and I don’t do refills. I’m a lover, not a farmer."

"I have the superhero gift of invisibility. I must be invisible, because the woman I love doesn’t see me. I might as well be into Helen Keller."

"I knew I loved you before I met youI think I dreamed you into lifeI knew I loved you before I met youI have been waiting all my life"

"And I didn't choose it, Kat. I chose you."

"He did not care if she was heartless, vicious and vulgar, stupid and grasping, he loved her. He would rather have misery with one than happiness with the other."

"All of sudden, this shooting star went by, and all I could think was that they were listening to us somehow."

"Love doesn't make the world go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile."

"I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity, and her flaming self respect. And it's these things I'd believe in, even if the whole world indulged in wild suspicions that she wasn't all she should be. I love her and it is the beginning of everything."

"The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life."

"I finally know the difference between pleasing and loving, obeying and respecting. It has taken me so many years to be okay with being different, and with being this alive, this intense. (xxvi)"

"My boxers should require batteries, because I’m such an exceptional lover that pizza delivery people call me for carry out. 30 minutes or less—as if!"