“But don't we often lie to people we love, or not tell them things, precisely because we love them?”

“We don't stop loving people just because we hate them, but we don't stop hating them either.”

“When people love each other, they are content with very little. When we have light and joy in our hearts, we don't need material wealth. The most loving communities are often the poorest. If our own life is luxurious and wasteful, we can't approach poor people. If we love people, we want to identify with them and share with them.”

“So many old and lovely things are stored in the world's attic because we don't want them around us and we don't dare throw them out.”

“Love is not vain because it is frustrated, but because it is fulfilled. The people we love turn to ashes when we posess them.”

“We do terrible things to the ones we love. We cheat and lie and betray them, for thirty pieces of silver or our own selfish hearts. The only way love endures is because of one simple gift. Forgiveness.”