But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure.

“Love didn’t change my life overnight. It changed it quietly—by making ordinary days feel safe, warm, and worth coming home to.”

“I thought love was about grand gestures. Then I found someone who stayed, listened, and chose me every day. That’s when I understood what real love means.”