“You protect the ones you love. He clung to the thought. Even if they ignorantly resent you for it.”

“There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.”

“There's only so much room in one heart. You can fill it up with love or you can fill it with resentment. But every bit of resentment you hold takes space away from the love. And the resentment don't do no good noway, but look what love can do.”

“As smoking is to the lungs, so is resentment to the soul; even one puff is bad for you.”

“If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself.”

“When you are in love, things make even more sense, he thought.”

“Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.”

“Love God and He will enable you to love others even when they disappoint you.”

“You can't force love, I realized. It's there or it isn't. If it's not there, you've got to be able to admit it. If it is there, you've got to do whatever it takes to protect the ones you love.”

“I will love you forever, he thought. I am lying, he thought, and this time he was right.”