“Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.”

“Wait for someone who says, “Holy crap, how did I get so lucky?” when you walk in the door, absolutely exhausted from work at 6pm after being married for 30 years. Wait for that, it’s more than worth it.”

“I saw that you were perfect and so I loved you. Then I saw that you were not perfect and I loved you even more.”

““I could not tell you if I loved you the first moment I saw you, or if it was the second or third or fourth. But I remember the first moment I looked at you walking toward me and realized that somehow the rest of the world seemed to vanish when I was with you.””

“Invest your love to someone who will make you cry because of happiness and not sadness.”

“You’re not a bad person for the ways you tried to kill your sadness.”

“I’m sorry if I call you at 3 am. I just want to hear your voice.”

“I hope that someday, somebody wants to hold you for twenty minutes straight, and that’s all they do. They don’t pull away. They don’t look at your face. They don’t try to kiss you. All they do is wrap you up in their arms, without an ounce of selfishness in it.”

“Forgive yourself. Not just once. Again, and again, and again. As many times as it takes to find peace.”