“And to us, we're more married than any piece of paper or big party could make us.”

“Pride only helps us to be generous; it never makes us so, any more than vanity makes us witty.”

“I mean, look at us. We're all alone in my bedroom and I'm not feeling any urge to make any kinda move on you.That's a pretty big problem.”

“A blank piece of paper is God's way of telling us how hard it is to be God.”

“A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a piece of literature.”

“Somehow the promise we had made on that piece of paper gave me more freedom than I’d ever known before. It allowed both of us to argue, to laugh, to risk, to trust—without fear. It was a confirmation of a connection that already existed. And it was a bond that extended far beyond the borders of a shared living space. We would have stayed together even without a marriage certificate . . . but I believed in the permanence it represented.It was a piece of paper you could build a life on.”