To talk and laugh and do kindness to each other; to read pleasant books together; to make jokes together and then talk seriously together; to be sometimes teaching and sometimes learning…These and other similar expressions of feeling, which proceed from the hearts of those who love and are loved in return, and are revealed in the face, the voice, the eyes, and in a thousand charming ways, were like a kindling fire to melt our souls together and out of many to make us one.
