"To love is to admire with the heart,
To admire is to love with the mind."
~~Theophile Gautier
"There is only one sort of love,
but there are a thousand copies."
~~Francois de la Rouchefaoucauld
"Grief can take care of itself,
but to get the full value of joy,
you must have somebody to divide it with."
~~Mark Twain
"Too many of us stay walled because
we are afraid of being.
We are afraid to care too much,
for fear that the other person
does not care at all."
~~Eleanor Roosevelt
"Blessed are they who tenderly seek to comfort another
and never run out of compassion and grace."
~~Janet L. Weavers
"If peace be in the heart,
the wildest winter storm
is full of solemn beauty."
~~C.F. Richarson