... it’s a blessed thing to love and feel loved in return. - E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

"Errors do not cease to be errors simply because they’re ratified into law."

"Well, if it can be thought, it can be done, a problem can be overcome,"

"Sometimes, the simple things are more fun and meaningful than all the banquets in the world ..."

"Falling in love is very real, but I used to shake my head when people talked about soul mates, poor deluded individuals grasping at some supernatural ideal not intended for mortals but sounded pretty in a poetry book. Then, we met, and everything changed, the cynic has become the converted, the sceptic, an ardent zealot."

"An acquaintance merely enjoys your company, a fair-weather companion flatters when all is well, a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear."