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She was human. And superhuman to me. She was everything I hope I turn out to be, and perhaps I will, if I am very, very lucky.
That’s what falling in love is, isn’t it? Discovering the hidden value in someone.”
Do our lives circle ceaselessly until, at last, we come back to our beginnings?
“Ab imo pectore,” he said in Latin. Meaning, “From the bottom of my heart.”
I was discovering that smart, engaged dialogue with a man is extremely erotic. Cleverness is an aphrodisiac.
But when I walked into the café and my eye fell on him sitting there—his unhurried, pensive self, silhouetted against the light from the window—I thought I would die. I thought I would die because I knew I still loved him, and always would.
No one had ever tugged at my heart the way he did, no one had ever made me feel so at peace, as though I’d come home.
you commit to someone, even if it’s the worst match in the world,
“But most of all, remember that marriage is about much more than mere carnal desire. It’s about being good to each other. It’s about being kind. It’s about seeking the very best within your own soul and sharing that very best, that goodness, with your partner. Only then will you truly start your new life together. Only then will you truly be married.”
If you think about it, people spend a lot of time trying to hold on to things that are gone.”
Assuming you live through it, the best thing about falling apart is you get to put yourself back together.
Because perhaps if people spent more time being honest with each other, especially with children, there would be less unhappiness in the world.
