Likeability is the bridge from lust to love. Oh, how far down is the fall without it.

Love has to be a state of being, for if not, it is just institutionalized bribery.

True love knows no grievance, maybe noticing a slight fault for a moment in time. However, love conquers all. It has unlimited room for patience because it knows not loss. The only loss great enough that can stop it is the end of life itself. It's very nature having the power to mold a man over time and make him worthy of her secrets.

Learning to listen is love defined. Everything else before that realization is the romantic pursuit of an idealized self.

Pain often comes from the lack of foresight, the burying of hindsight, and the outright refusal of insight.

Never mistake the feeling of being alive with your state of happiness; one can be manipulated, the other should never be.