bell hooks · ¨love is an unconditional commitment to an imperfect person. to love somebody isn't just a strong feeling. it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise.¨

albert camus · ¨basically, at the very bottom of life, which seduces us all, there is only absurdity, and more absurdity. and maybe that's what gives us our joy for living, because the only thing that can defeat absurdity is lucidity.¨

khalil gibran · ¨and ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.¨

rudyard kipling · ¨the individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. to be your own man is a hard business. if you try it, you’ll be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. but no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.¨