“Love is an alchemy that starts as a dream and then becomes a passion. Passion turns to endurance, and then endurance matures to gold. And within that golden gift of love are found great elements: the atoms of truth and care, the chemistry of tenderness and strength. No gift given or received could be more precious, for love bears the piece of oneself from which it was made, and enriches all with its beauty. Powerful yet fragile, and stirring to the soul, it shines profoundly with the clearest of light … soothing the deepest wounds, and revealing the purest joys.” – Dan Thomas