To know even one life has breadth easier because you have lived: this is to have succeeded. ~ Emerson

Everybody knows it hurts to grow up, and everyone does.... Let me tell you what: the years go on and we're still fighting it.~ Ben folds

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, does not boast, is not proud. It is not rude, is not self-serving, is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. ~ Epistle of St. Paul

"Take me for what i am -- who i was meant to be -- and if you give a damn, take me baby or leave me" ~ Rent

"The Lord said to his disciples: 'This I command you, to love one another.'"

"I have loved you with an everlasting love. There is no reason to worry."