When I talk about the importance of the institution of marriage I think of the commitment and the significance of standing in front of those closest to you and promising fidelity to your partner 'til death do you part.'

I never thought my marriage could be stronger or I could be closer to Bill. We prayed on our own but now we prayed together and you'll never know how much that means until you do it.

On rare occasions one does hear of a miraculous case of a married couple falling in love after marriage but on close examination it will be found that it is a mere adjustment to the inevitable.

Marriage may be the closest thing to Heaven or Hell any of us will know on this earth.

I say to people who care for people who are dying if you really love that person and want to help them be with them when their end comes close. Sit with them - you don't even have to talk. You don't have to do anything but really be there with them.

I think careful cooking is love don't you? The loveliest thing you can cook for someone who's close to you is about as nice a valentine as you can give.

Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself.

This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love and keep modest as a giver.

Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue a wonderful living side by side can grow if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky.

Money isn't the most important thing in life but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the 'gotta have it' scale.