“The real test of love is when a person—including you—can know your weaknesses, your stupidities and your smallnesses, and still love you.”

“whatever you love, that is your weakness”

“Love is not a thing, it is not lost when given. You can offer your love completely to hundreds of people and still retain the same love you had originally.”

“You are not weak. You are brave. One of the bravest I know. Speaking your truth, a person living at the intersection of multiple identities, unapologetically, takes courage. I love you”

“I wondered if the person who really loves you is the person who knows all your stories, the person who WANTS to know all your stories.”

“True love means you love the real person, not an ideal that you have in your head and superimpose over them. That's illusion and lies to me.”

“Every time you love someone, you put not just
your faith in them, but your faith in everything
to the test.”

“I've learned that you know your husband still loves you when there are two brownies left and he takes the smaller one.”

“… Any fool can love somebody who's perfect, somebody who does everything right. But that doesn't stretch your soul. Your soul only gets stretched when you can still love somebody after they've hurt you.”

“When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?”