“When you look back and realize there is no way you would have had a better life with another person, that's when the relationship or marriage becomes worth it.”

“Looking back you realize that a very special person passed briefly through your life and that person was you. It is not too late to become that person again.”

“Time has a funny way of airbrushing relationships, removing all the things that were wrong so when you look back it looks much better than it really was.”

“Infatuation's just another word for not seeing clearly. When you start to love a person- that's when they become real”

“Seventeen's not a good age. That's when you realize that you have a heart. That's when feelings get in the way of thinking.”

“If you became blind," I said, "if you were used to finding your way around a house and then, suddenly, one day had an accident--was attacked or something--and became blind, only then would you actually notice the furniture. It would always have been there, but you would never have been aware of it, you would just have gone around it. Only when something becomes hard to cope with do you see it. That's how you become aware of time--when it becomes hard to cope with.”