“It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.” – Kahlil Gibran

“Love is divine only and difficult always.” – Toni Morrison, Paradise

“The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice.” – Ernest Hemingway

“This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.” – Elizabeth Gilbert

“One must learn to love, and go through a good deal of suffering to get to it, and the journey is always toward the other soul.” – D. H. Lawrence

“The hardest thing on earth is choosing what matters.” – Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees

“It’s no trick loving somebody at their best. Love is loving them at their worst.” – Tom Stoppard, The Real Thing

“Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness.” – C. S. Lewis

“I have been bent and broken, but I hope — into a better shape.” -Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

“Happiness comes more from loving than being loved; and often when our affection seems wounded it is only our vanity bleeding. To love, and to be hurt often, and to love again — this is the brave and happy life.” – J. E. Buckrose