“The ties that bind us are stronger than the occasional stresses that separate us.”

“I like to believe that we are more alike in our positive experiences than in our negative ones that what binds us is stronger than what separates us.”

“Here is what unsayable about us: Jonathan and I are members of a team so old nobody else could join even if we wanted them to. What binds us is stronger than sex. It is stronger than love. We're related. Each of us is the other born into a different flesh.”

“The ties that bind us to life are tougher than you imagine, or than any one can who has not felt how roughly they may be pulled without breaking.”

“The ties that bind us are sometimes impossible to explain. They connect us, even after it seems like the ties should be broken. Some bonds defy distance, and time, and logic. Because some ties are simply… meant to be.”

“...love is the sum of our choices, the strength of our commitments, the ties that bind us together.”