If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you. 2.08K
I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love. 689
We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we’re not alone. 1.83K
Immature love says: ‘I love you because I need you.’ Mature love says ‘I need you because I love you.’ 2.27K
Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives. 718
Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself – and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. That’s what real love amounts to – letting a person be what he really is. 640
You never know when some small thing will lead to a big idea. Travel is very inspirational – but it’s in the ordinary that I find my themes of love and work and family. 669
I do love to eavesdrop. It’s inspirational, not only for subject matter but for actual dialogue, the way people talk. 642