"Maybe you expected marriage to be perfect - I guess that's where you and I are different. See, I thought it would be all about making mistakes, but doing it with someone who's there to remind you what you learned along the way."
"When you love someone, you say their name different. Like it's safe inside your mouth."
"All any of us wanted, really, was to know that we counted. That someone else's life would not have been as rich without us here."
"When you showed someone how you felt, it was fresh and honest. When you told someone how you felt, there might be nothing behind the words but habit or expectation."
"A sacrament--like marriage--means living a life better than your natural instincts, so that you're modeling God. And God never gives up."
"What we all want, really, is to be loved. That craving drives our worst behavior."