“Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.”

“Although "making love" may serve as a polite name for an act that has many rude ones, it's misleading. For lovers do not so much make love as they are remade by love--dipped into the fire, melted down, reshaped. If they are devoted to one another, love will transform them, dissolving the shells of their old separate selves and making them anew.”

“The light enkindled by human kindness and love can give human life a brilliance and luster that will never be extinguished.”

“Be melting snow.Wash yourself of yourself.”

“The greatest act of love was to make a tape for someone. It was the only way we could share music and it was also a way of advertising yourself.”

“Excessive caution destroys the soul and the heart, because living is an act of courage, and an act of courage is always an act of love.”