Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness.
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We meet no ordinary people in our lives.
Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our natural lives.
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If you love deeply, you’re going to get hurt badly. But it’s still worth it.
One thing I do know about intimacy is that there are certain natural laws which govern the sexual experience of two people, and that these laws cannot be budged any more than gravity can be negotiated with. 
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There is no choice more intensely personal, after all, than whom you choose to marry; that choice tells us, to a large extent, who you are.
Real intimacy is a sacred experience. It never exposes its secret trust and belonging to the voyeuristic eye of a neon culture. Real intimacy is of the soul, and the soul is reserved.
Take me someplace where we can be silent together.
Marriage becomes hard work once you have poured the entirety of your life’s expectations for happiness into the hands of one mere person. Keeping that going is hard work.
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Love is the only light that can truly read the secret signature of the other person’s individuality and soul.
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