"There comes a point where you just love someone. Not because they're good, or bad, or anything really. You just love them. It doesn't mean you'll be together forever. It doesn't mean you won't hurt each other. It just means you love them. Sometimes, in spite of who they are, and sometimes because of who they are. And you know that they love you, sometimes because of who you are, and sometimes in spite of it."
Laurell K Hamilton (Incubus Dreams)

Truer words I've never heard
And though it pains me to say
There is no escaping this truth
Not tomorrow, today or even yesterday...