My God,' he gasped, 'you're fun to kiss.

I'm romantic - a sentimental person thinks things will last - a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't.

They had never been closer in their month of love, nor communicated more profoundly one with another

Goodnight, child. This is a damn shame. Let's drop it out of the picture. He gave her two lines of hospital patter to go to sleep on. So many people are going to love you and it might be nice to meet your first love all intact, emotionally too. That's an old-fashioned idea, isn't it?

They made no love that day, but when he left her outside the sad door on the Zurichsee and she turned and looked at him he knew her problem was one they had together for good now.

Human sympathy has its limits, and we were content to let all their tragic arguments fade

She laughed again, as if she said something very witty, and held my hand for a moment, looking up into my face, promising that there was no one in the world she so much wanted to see. That was a way she had.

She danced exceptionally well, drew cleverly but hastily, and had a startling facility with words, which she used only in love letters.

That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.

If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge? We shouldn't marginalise people for this. They must be integrated into society.

Holy charity confounds all diabolical and fleshly temptations and all fleshly fears.

When one heart opens to another heart, it usually results in love.