Im willing to die for the woman I love. I just want to take 75 years to do it.

Nobody sees anybody truly but all through the flaws of their own egos. That is the way we all see ...each other in life. Vanity fear desire competition-- all such distortions within our own egos-- condition our vision of those in relation to us. Add to those distortions to our own egos the corresponding distortions in the egos of others and you see how cloudy the glass must become through which we look at each other. Thats how it is in all living relationships except when there is that rare case of two people who love intensely enough to burn through all those layers of opacity and see each others naked hearts.

Wait a second Four says. I turn toward him wondering which version of Four Ill see now-the one who scolds me or the one who climbs Ferris wheels with me. He smiles a little but the smile doesnt spread to his eyes which look less tense and worried.You belong here you know that he says. You belong with us. Itll be over soon so just hold on okayHe scratches behind his ear and looks away like hes embarrassed by what he said. I stare at him. I feel my heartbeat everywhere even in my toes. I feel like doing something bold but I could just as easily walk away. I am not sure which option is smarter or better. I am not sure that I care.I reach out and take his hand. His fingers slide between mine. I cant breathe. I stare up at him and he stares down at me. For a long moment we stay that way. Then I pull my hand away and run after Uriah and Lynn and Marlene. Maybe now he thinks Im stupid or strange. Maybe it was worth it.

Sometimes people dont understandthe promises theyre making when they make them I said.Isaac shot me a look. Right of course.But you keep the promise anyway. Thatswhat love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway. Dont you believe in true love

Ill be looking for you Will every moment every single moment. And when we do find each other again well cling together so tight that nothing and no onell ever tear us apart. Every atom of me and every atom of you... Well live in birds and flowers and dragonflies and pine trees and in clouds and in those little specks of light you see floating in sunbeams... And when they use our atoms to make new lives they wont just be able to take one theyll have to take two one of you and one of me well be joined so tight...

Love is not a habit a commitment or a debt. It isnt what romantic songs tell us it is - love simply is.

Until one has loved an animal a part of ones soul remains unawakened.

I feel good with my husband I like his warmth and his bigness and his being-there and his making and his jokes and stories and what he reads and how he likes fishing and walks and pigs and foxes and little animals and is honest and not vain or fame-crazy and how he shows his gladness for what I cook him and joy for when I make him something a poem or a cake and how he is troubled when I am unhappy and wants to do anything so I can fight out my soul-battles and grow up with courage and a philosophical ease. I love his good smell and his body that fits with mine as if they were made in the same body-shop to do just that. What is only pieces doled out here and there to this boy and that boy that made me like pieces of them is all jammed together in my husband. So I dont want to look around any more I dont need to look around for anything.

Youre a hero and a gentleman youre kind and honest but more than that youre the first man I ever truly loved. And no matter what the future brings you always will be and I know that my life is better for it.

There is nothing on earth more beautiful to me than your smile...no sound sweeter than your laughter...no pleasure greater than holding you in my arms. I realized today that I could never live without you stubborn little hellion that you are. In this life and the next youre my only hope of happiness. Tell me Lillian dearest love...how can you have reached so far inside my heart