“The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.”

– Thomas Merton

“She had studied the universe all her life, but had overlooked its clearest message: For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love.”

– Carl Sagan

“If I love you, what business is it of yours?”

– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“To find someone who will love you for no reason, and to shower that person with reasons, that is the ultimate happiness.”

– Robert Brault