“For love to flourish there has to be trust. Promises don’t matter as much aspersonal choice.”

“People stay together and stay true only as long as they both want to. And all the promises in the world don’t change the length of time. Nothing comes with a guarantee.”

“I’d never known it was possible to love as he did— with complete devotion yet devoid of promises.”

“. . . and I don’t expect him to suborn his life into mine any more than I would change my dreams for him. We’re not one soul, one being, however much we love each other.”

“What they don’t know is, no matter how they decide, they can’t penalize me more than I’m already punishing myself.”

“This is not a love story. It is my life, and as such, there is love, loss, war, death, and sacrifice. It's about things that needed to be done and choices made. I regret nothing.”

“We’re bound by chains of love, but they don’t weigh us down. Instead, they allow us to be bigger and better than we are.”