Sometimes I would open my eyes when we were kissing, I would watch him and I could see it. I could actually see love—not words, not an emotion, not an abstract concept or a subjective state of mind, but a living, breathing thing.

—Tiffanie DeBartolo in How to Kill a Rock Star

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About Tiffanie DeBartolo

Tiffanie DeBartolo (born November 27, 1970) is an American novelist, filmmaker, co-founder of the independent record label Bright Antenna, and co-founder of The ShineMaker Foundation. She has written three novels: God-Shaped Hole, How To Kill a Rock Star, and Sorrow. DeBartolo wrote and directed the 1996 film Dream for an...

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No matter what anybody says about grief, and about time healing all wounds, the truth is, there are certain sorrows that never fade away until the heart stops beating and the last breath is taken.

—Tiffanie DeBartolo in God-Shaped Hole

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Middle age is when a guy keeps turning off lights for economical rather than romantic reasons.

—Lillian Gordy Carter

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Funny how we think of romance as always involving two, when the romance of solitude can be ever so much more delicious and intense.

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Romantic love, I think, requires a degree of physical attraction, but devotion is needed to maintain it as an actual relationship. Physical attraction is a feeling you don’t really have control over, but devotion is something that has to be chosen.

—Angela N. Blount in Once Upon A Road Trip

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More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

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When people care about each other, they always find a way to make it work.

—Nicholas Sparks in True Believer

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