"One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us."
One does not question miracles, or complain that they are not constructed perfectly to one's liking.
When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does.
It's all right to love someone who doesn't love you back, as long as they're worth you loving them. As long as they deserve it.
"Jesus!" Luke exclaimed.
"Actually, it's just me," said Simon. "Although I've been told the resemblance is startling."
"Actually, it's just me," said Simon. "Although I've been told the resemblance is startling."
There are so many worse things than death. Not to be loved or not to be able to love: that is worse.
Every meeting led to a parting, and so it would, as long as life was mortal. In every meeting there was some of the sorrow of parting, but in everything parting there was some of the joy of meeting as well.
I thought perhaps that when you told me you did not love me that my own feelings would fall away and atrophy, but they have not. They have grown every day. I love you now more desperately, this moment, than I have ever loved you before, and in an hour I will love you more than that.