“I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.”

“She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.”

“Just for the sake of amusement, ask each passenger to tell you his story, and if you find a single one who hasn’t often cursed his life, who hasn’t told himself he’s the most miserable man in the world, you can throw me overboard head first.”

“To achieve a goal, a dream, a wish, you must plan it out for success!”

“Love, genuine passionate love, was his for the first time.”

“He was my equal in beauty, a paragon of grace and charm, sparkling with wit, and burning with love. I adored him to distraction, to the point of idolatry: I loved him as one can never love twice.”

“How we love others is affected by how we love ourselves, and for the first time in a long time, I was whole.”