“To love another human in all of her splendor and imperfect perfection, it is a magnificent task…tremendous and foolish and human.” – Louise Erdrich, The Last Report On The Miracles At Little No Horse

“Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.” – Antoine De Saint-Exupery

“Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all.” – Toni Morrison, Beloved

“Love is not a because, it’s a no matter what.” – Jodi Picoult, Second Chance

“Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.” – Jean Anouilh

“There is hardly a more gracious gift that we can offer somebody than to accept them fully, to love them almost despite themselves.” – Elizabeth Gilbert

“If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together, keep me in your heart. I’ll stay there forever.” – A. A. Milne

“You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is.” – Louis De Bernieres

“And when you get down to it, that’s the only purpose grand enough for a human life. Not just to love — but to persist in love.” – Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees

“One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.” – Lewis Carroll