So it’s true, when all is said and done, grief is the price... - E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

"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."

"... how terrible is the pain of the mind and heart when the freedom of mankind is suppressed!"

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

"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."

"So it’s true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love."