“All the money in the world cannot pay for a life.”

“With this ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship, and with all my worldly goods I thee endow”

“This was the joy that the world sought--sacred and pagan all at once. A union between two dissimilars into a seamless one. A picture of love and deep satisfaction. An ecstatic glimpse of the beatific vision.”

“Bad things happen to everyone. Not that this was an excuse or a justification for wronging another human being. Still, all humans had this shared experience — that of suffering. No human being left this world without shedding a tear, or feeling pain, or wading into the sea of sorrow.”

“In a perfect world, there would always be communication and consultation between partners. But we don’t live in that world. There are emergencies and dangerous, vindictive people.”

“The obvious choices in life aren’t always the correct ones.”

“When everyone in the whole world believes one thing and you are the only one who believes differently, it's very tempting to assimilate”