Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed.

The hardest thing to do is watch the one you love, love someone else.

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.

It has been said that we need just three things in life: Something to do, Something to look forward to And someone to love.

He hoped she was gazing into the future that included him. A shiver rushed down his spine, and he wasn't sure if it was longing or fear. Truth be told, it was a little of both.

Don't downgrade your dreams to upgrade your relationships.

Hope is a better friend than despair.

Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise. I rise. I rise.

You know, when you wait for something you really want, it makes it even more special when you finally get it.

She had an overwhelming desire to tell him, like the most banal of women. Don't let me go, hold me tight, make me your plaything, your slave, be strong! But they were words she could not say. The only thing she said when he released her from his embrace was, "You don't know how happy I am to be with you." That was the most her reserved nature allowed her to express.

You think when you get to go where you want to go, finally you be happy, but then when you get to where you want to go, you are actually even more miserable because you have nothing left to aspire to, and you feel this hopelessness, like what's left to aspire towards?

Faith gives us hope, so if faith is lost, hope flees away like mist in the wind. Loss of faith leads to loss of hope, which leads to despair. Life becomes pointless and without value.