“But now I knew that true love was above all that and that it would be better to die than to fail to love.”

“when we love we strive to become better than we are”

“and the world we live in will be either better or worse, depending on whether we become better or worse. And that's where the power of love comes in. Because when we love, we always strive to become better than we are.”

“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”

“Love was above everything else, and there was no hatred in love, only the occasional mistake.”

“Love never comes just a little bit at a time, I thought, as I watched him, absorbed in contemplation of the Virgin. The previous day, the world made sense, even without love's presence. But now we needed each other in order to see the true brilliance of things.”

“I will be able to love above all discontentment.To give even when I am stripped of everything.To dry tears even when I am still crying.To believe even when I am discredited.”