“What a test that is: more than devotion, admiration, passion. If you long and long for someone’s company you love them.”

“There’s a belief that to take care of someone else, or to let someone else take care of you—that both are inherently unfeminist. I don’t agree. There’s no shame in devoting yourself to another person, as long as he devotes himself to you in return.”

“When I date someone, I think long term. What's the point of dating someone if you only want them temporarily?”

“It's okay to love someone who doesn't love you back, as long as they're worth loving.”

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

“I used to think that eighty was a very old age. Now I am ninety. I do not think this any more. As long as you are able to admire and to love, you are young.”

“How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to get them through the test?”

“Long before you knew what death was you were wishing it on someone else.”

“You can't judge who you love the most by how long you love them.”

“When you care more if someone else lives than you do about yourself- is that what [love is]?”