“True rebels after all, are as rare as true lovers,and in both cases, to mistake a fever for passion can destroy one's life”

“I believe there are only one or two people in the world with whom one can have a true connection. When you've been fortunate enough to marry one of those people, you are reluctant to settle for less. One can have lovers, those are easily found, but true love rarely strikes twice.”

“Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.”

“True sorrow is as rare as true love.”

“True and baseless evil is as rare as the purest good--and we all know how rare that is...”

“For Plato, the quickening of the heart that occurred when a person saw his or her loved one was just a step in the ascent to true love, which could happen only in the mind, after the lover comprehended what was eternally true and beautiful in the beloved. Platonic love existed beyond all the blood and heat contained in the heart. This split between passion and piety, between lust and love, would resonate throughout the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and it continues up to the present day.”