They were walking through the March twilight where it was as warm as June, and the joy of youth filled his soul so that he felt he must speak. 'I think,' he said and his voice trembled, 'that if I lost faith in you I'd lose faith in God.' She looked at him with such a started face that he asked her the matter. 'Nothing,' she said slowly, 'only this: five men have said that to me before, and it frightens me.

He put his arms around her, enclosing her completely as if he didn't want even the intangible to escape.

I thanked Nancy for what she had accomplished in her war against illegal drugs, but in my heart, I was really trying to say, "Thank you, Nancy, for everything; thank you for lighting up my life for almost forty years.

The friendship that can cease has never been real.

There is a comfort in the strength of love; 'Twill make a thing endurable, which else would overset the brain, or break the heart.

The strength of a good friendship that goes the distance will be unconditional love.

When a family loses its ability to dream, children don't grow, love doesn't grow and life loses strength, eventually it shuts off.

Love gives us the strength to perform impossible tasks.

Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.

Know that the only remedy for love is to love more.

I know who you are in your heart,' Andres said. 'That's all that matters.' And that was it. That was the moment. Now I knew how I would feel if I ever lost him. That was how you knew love. My mother had told me that. All you had to do was imagine your life without the other person, and if the thought alone made you shiver, then you knew.

In a world of sorrow, love was an act of will. All you needed were the right ingredients.