“To love is simply to allow another to be, live, grow, expand, become. An appreciation that demands and expects nothing in return.”

“So many believe that it is love that grows, but it is the knowing that grows and love simply expands to contain it.”

“On Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in His Girl Friday:"These two simply appreciate one another more than either of them appreciates anyone else, and they would rather be appreciated by one another more than by anyone else. They just are at home with one another, whether or not they can ever live together under the same roof -- that is, ever find a roof they can live together under.”

“To hope for nothing, to expect nothing, to demand nothing. This is analytical despair.”

“Now that I expect nothing, now that I no longer entertain the slightest hopes, the end of this adventure becomes simply a matter of curiosity.”

“The world is vast, beautiful, and fascinating… even awe-inspiring, but impersonal. It demands nothing of me, and allows me to demand nothing of it.”