For aught that I could ever read,
Could ever hear by tale or history,
The course of true love never did run smooth.

-William Shakespeare

And the rough and tough, and tears and hard times will be the tales and history to witness all. For no smooth can bring happiness, and no easy can add worth. And as precious as you are... to you and you alone I owe myself.

And that's the world in a nutshell, an appropriate receptacle. -Stan Dunn

And the receptacle, my heart, might not be the world for everybody, but our worlds are bound together forever. Please be my world, and the receptacle of mine.

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. -Anaïs Nin