“One could be happy not only without love, but despite it.”

“Only love can make one happy.”

“A love-match was the only thing for happiness, where the parties could any way afford it.”

“Happy was she who could believe without seeing, who was at one with the duration and continuity of life.”

“My plea to you is this: despite your sadness, do not forget how happy you have made me; do not forget that I loved a man who loved me in return, and this was the greatest gift I could ever hope to receive.”

“There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you.”

“If only she could be so oblivious again, to feel such love without knowing it, mistaking it for laughter.”

“Despite what Pope Benedict would have us believe, sex without love can be fucking amazing.”

“You don’t love because: you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults.”

“Do you love him?"
There were only a few people in the world who could ask me such insanely personal questions without getting punched. Dimitri was one of them.”