"People always say that, when you love someone, nothing in the world matters. But that's not true, is it? You know, and I know, that when you love someone, everything in the world matters a little bit more."
"It felt like I'd been living underground, and for a moment, I'd been given this glimpse of the sky. Once you've seen that, how can you go back where you came from?"
"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."
"A sacrament--like marriage--means living a life better than your natural instincts, so that you're modeling God. And God never gives up."