Words, in the final analysis, are just about as futile as actions, and much less fun. - Robert Sheckley

I gave up my dream of flight and rebirth, and invented a proverb to fit the occasion: he who produces an illusion is more likely than anyone else to be taken in by it. The thought gave me very little comfort.

Michelangelo," Teresa said, "you shouldn't blaspheme." "Who's blaspheming? I'm praying.

You simply can’t throw strangers together at random and expect the fiery, quick romance to turn into love. Love has its own rules and enforces them rigidly.