“Jack hadn’t thought of love as a promise before—a promise that, even when the world was falling down around him, would stay kept. But without Sutton saying a word, he knew that there would be comfort when he couldn’t sleep tonight. And tomorrow and the day after, there would be a home to go to, even if it was no more than a pair of arms around him and a head tucked close to his in the darkness.”

“No people find each other more absurd than lovers”

“You have no choice. You must leave your ego on the doorstep before you enter love.”

“To begin to know ourselves we must have sincere conversations with ourselves as if with a good friend. We must answer without reserve, listen without judgement, and accept without condition. That is self-love.”

“One of the main roots of ungodliness is being a lover of pleasure more than a lover of God.”

“You can’t work with people you hate and succeed. At least, you won’t get the optimum of what you would have obtained when you work with people you love.”

“The clothes of time are wet because he foolishly stopped to witness your beauty in the rain.”

“The true lover yearneth for tribulation even as doth the rebel for forgiveness and the sinful for mercy.”

“He knows all my thoughts. He knows all I’ve ever done and He loves me all the same. What is our purpose, you ask. It is to love like God.”

“Most of the very few people who would choose a good heart over riches would eventually use that to either make a lot of money, or attract men or women who are rich.”