“The one person who will never leave us, whom we will never lose, is ourself. Learning to love our female selves is where our search for love must begin.”

“We never lose our loved ones. They accompany us; merely in different rooms.”

“We never lose our loved ones. The accompany us; they don't disappear from our lives. We are merely in different rooms.”

“We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It's our own concept—our own selves—that we love.”

“There comes a time when those who flattered us and those whose wit and charm deceived us may leave us to our fate. Those are times when we want to be friends, good friends, common friends, loved ones, tied with immortal bonds--people who will nurse our illnesses, tolerate our eccentricities, and love us with pure, undefined affection. Then we need an unspoiled companion who will not count our wrinkles, remember our stupidities nor remember our weaknesses; then is when we need a loving companion with whom we have suffered and wept and prayed and worshipped; one with whom we have suffered sorrow and disappointments., one who loves us for what we are or intended to be rather than what we appear to be in our gilded shell.”

“We see our better selves in the eyes of those who love us.”