It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously.
Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
Marriage is like a three-speed gearbox - affection, friendship, love. It is not advisable to crash your gears and go right through to love straightaway. You need to ease your way through. The basis of love is respect, and that needs to be learned from affection and friendship.
Sometimes I wish I could just fall in love. Then, at least you know who your opponent is.
Because they have been in love they have survived everything that life could throw at them, even their own failures.
It is youth that has discovered love as a weapon.