“I love her and that's the beginning of everything…”

“When she saw him face to face their eyes met and brushed like birds’ wings. After that everything was all right, everything was wonderful, she knew that he was beginning to fall in love with her.”

“I owe her everything and I love her and I tell her these days, although every time I say it, it gets a little diluted. I think you run out of I love yous.”

“Love. It was the beginning and end of everything, the foundation and the ceiling and the air in between.”

“Love is the motto, love is the beginning, love is the source and love is everything that your heart shall crave for, in this world and the next.”

“Children love their mothers. Especially with a boy child and his mother, there's a bond that's unbreakable. I love my mother to this day. One of the most painful things I ever had to do was bury her, realizing that even though I was her hero, I couldn't help her with this last thing. I couldn't help her get better. All I wanted was to give her everything she wanted. Everything my father didn't give her, everything she never had.”

“I was beginning to understand. My grandmother's love was cold because she was afraid of things; that was why everything had to be perfect.”

“Metaphors are dangerous. Love begins with a metaphor. Which is to say, love begins at the point when a woman enters her first word into our poetic memory.”

“You know Paula, who I couldn't look at the beginning of the series… I love her to death now. I hate to admit it but I do.”

“Your first love has no beginning or end. Your first love is not your first love, and it is not your last. It is just love. It is one with everything.”