Because

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"All, everything that I understand, 
I understand only because I love." -Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace

Do Tell

"Tell me who admires you and loves you, and I will tell you who you are." -Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve

Amore Mio

A Game of Love

"In the game of love all women are born experts. Whereas most men remain mere novices all their lives." -- Edwin Pugh in The Westminster Gazette

The Components of a Date

"There are three possible parts to a date, of which at least two must be offered: entertainment, food, and affection.

It is customary to begin a series of dates with a great deal of entertainment,

a moderate amount of food,

and the merest suggestion of affection.

As the amount of affection increases, the entertainment can be reduced proportionately.

When the affection IS the entertainment,

we no longer call it dating.

Under no circumstances can the food be omitted."

— Judith Martin