"The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves - say rather, loved in spite of ourselves."
~Victor Hugo

"Men may believe what they cannot prove. They may not be put to the proof of their religious doctrines or beliefs. Religious experiences which are as real as life to some may be incomprehensible to others."
~William O. Douglas

"Whether or not you claim to be interested in it, from the moment you are alive you are bound to be concerned with love, because love is not just something that happens to you: It is a certain special way of being alive."
~Thomas Merton

"I simply long to love someone for who they are; not what I wish them to be."
~My Profound Self

Me: are you gambaru-ing?
Him: un, gambatteiru yo
Me: ?
Him: ore ha gaman shinakute ii kara
Him: sugoi hito dakara
Me: ::waits for English::
Him: gambatte honyaku shite kudasai