He told me

"If there's anything you ever thought about doing, you know the things you've always planned to do one day.  Places you want to go, just anything you want to do, I'm going to make it happen.  I'm that person."

First month at dinner at The Japanese Tea Shop in Flushing, New York

She said....

On what she thought a man should be...

"I always thought a man who is tall and strong can give me a sense of security, but I realized none of that matters.  The outside doesn't matter.  But right now I realized...if at the very last second you would use your life to protect me, I think that is very much of what a man is already."



From a female contestant on the show 百里挑一, a popular matchmaking variety show in China.

One of my favorite poems

You Learn 

Veronica A. Shoffstall

After awhile you learn
the subtle difference between
holding a hand and chaining a soul
and you learn that love doesn't mean possession
and company doesn't mean security.
And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts
and presents aren't promises and you begin to accept
your defeats with your head up and your eyes ahead
with the grace of an adult not the grief of a child.
And you learn to build your roads today
because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for plans
and futures have ways of falling down in mid-flight.
After awhile you learn that even sunshine
burns if you get too much
so you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul
instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure
that you really are strong
and you really do have worth
and you learn
and you learn...

I recited this poem by memory for an assignment back in college.
I think about this poem from time to time.
I've been thinking about it a lot recently.