Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not.

So much of what is best in us is bound up in our love of family, that it remains the measure of our stability because it measures our sense of loyalty. All other pacts of love or fear derive from it and are modeled upon it.

I love a man with a great sense of humor and who is intelligent - a man who has a great smile. He has to make me laugh. I like a man who is very ambitious and driven and who has a good heart and makes me feel safe. I like a man who is very strong and independent and confident - that is very sexy - but at the same time, he's very kind to people.

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

You know it's love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you're not part of their happiness.

The only way to get love is to be lovable. It's very irritating if you have a lot of money. You'd like to think you could write a check: 'I'll buy a million dollars' worth of love.' But it doesn't work that way. The more you give love away, the more you get.

I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.

Love is more important than material possessions.

If you want to love others, I think you should love yourself first.

True love is selfless. It is prepared to sacrifice.