The highest function of love is that it makes the loved one a unique and irreplaceable being.

No Dimitri interrupted gently. He moved his face toward mine our foreheads nearly touching. It wont happen to you. Youre too strong. Youll fight it just like you did thistime.I only did because you were here. He wrapped his arms around me and I buried my face in his chest. I cant do it by myself I whispered.You can he said. There was a tremulous note in his voice. Youre strongyoure so so strong. Its why I love you.

Why are old lovers able to become friends Two reasons. They never truly loved each other or they love each other still.

One cannot think well love well sleep well if one has not dined well.

I belong to my beloved and my beloved is mine.

I wondered what happened when you offered yourself to someone and they opened you only to discover you were not the gift they expected and they had to smile and nod and say thank you all the same.

Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too was a gift.

Love is the extremely difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.

Poets often describe love as an emotion that we cant control one that overwhelms logic and common sense. Thats what it was like for me. I didnt plan on falling in love with you and I doubt if oyu planned on fallin gin love with me. But once we met it was clear that neither of us could control what was happening to us. We fell in love despite our differences and once we did something rare and beautiful was created. For me love like that has happened only once and thats why every minute we spent together has been seared in my memory. Ill never forget a single moment of it.

If my love were an oceanthere would be no more land.If my love were a desertyou would see only sand.If my love were a star-late at night only light.And if my love could grow wingsId be soaring in flight.