"What makes the difference between wishing and realizing our wishes? Lots of things, and it may take months or years for the wish to come true, but it’s far more likely to happen when you care so much about a wish that you’ll do all you can to make it happen."
"Love isn’t a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now."