"The chance to love and be loved..." - Quote by Oprah Winfrey

“I believe that one of life's greatest risks is never daring to risk.”

“Tune out the naysayers, tune into your own courage, and take a bold step toward the passion-filled life you really want.”

“Instead of looking for the success in your life, look for the thing that is going to bring you the greatest joy.”

“Half the sum of attraction, on either side, might have been enough, for he had nothing to do, and she had hardly any body to love." (of Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth, Persuasion)”

“I told you once that [our marriage] was like an adolescent's dream of what marriage should be like. That hasn't changed.”

“Opening her eyes again, and seeing her husband's face across the table, she leaned forward to give it a pat on the cheek, and sat down to supper, declaring it to be the best face in the world.”

“Love is a binding force, by which another is joined to me and cherished by myself.”

“The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but to know someone who thinks and feels with us, and who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.”

“I remember thinking how often we look, but never see ... we listen, but never hear ... we exist, but never feel. We take our relationships for granted. A house is only a place. It has no life of its own. It needs human voices, activity and laughter to come alive.”