I have loved you since the moment I clamped eyes on you. What could be more reasonable than to marry you?

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• We all grow up someday. We might as well know what we want.
• If God wants me with him, there is none who will stop him.
• Oh, Jo, I’ve missed you so. Why does everyone want to go away? I love being home. But I don’t like being left behind. Now I am the one going ahead. I am not afraid. I can be brave like you.
• I could never love anyone as I love my sisters.
• Don't let the sun go down upon your anger. Forgive each other. Begin again tomorrow.
• And in the middle of all this, I started to think about the one thing that makes me feel really good and makes immediate sense...and it's you.