Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is to sign on as its accomplice. Instead of vowing to honor and obey, maybe we should swear to aid and abet. That would mean that security is out of the question. The words "make" and "stay" become inappropriate. My love for you has no strings attached. I love you for free. - By Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker

Holding this soft, small living creature in my lap this way, though, and seeing how it slept with complete trust in me, I felt a warm rush in my chest. I put my hand on the cat's chest and felt his heart beating. The pulse was faint and fast, but his heart, like mine, was ticking off the time allotted to his small body with all the restless earnestness of my own. - By Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

I have something I need to tell you," he says. I run my fingers along the tendons in his hands and look back at him. "I might be in love with you." He smiles a little. "I'm waiting until I'm sure to tell you, though.""That's sensible of you," I say, smiling too. "We should find some paper so you can make a list or a chart or something."I feel his laughter against my side, his nose sliding along my jaw, his lips pressing my ear."Maybe I'm already sure," he says, "and I just don't want to frighten you."I laugh a little. "Then you should know better.""Fine," he says. "Then I love you. - By Veronica Roth, Divergent

Every single time you help somebody stand up you are helping humanity rise. - By Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

Never say 'I can't.' 'I can't' is a limit, and life is about breaking through limits. Say 'I will' instead. - By Heather Vogel Frederick, Pies & Prejudice

The most confused you will ever get is when you try to convince your heart and spirit of something your mind knows is a lie. - By Shannon L. Alder