Anne Tyler Love Quotations

She thinks the people she loves are better than they really are, and so then she starts changing things around to suit her view of them

People imagine that missing a loved one works kind of like missing cigarettes,' he said. 'The first day is really hard but the next day is less hard and so forth, easier and easier the longer you go on. But instead it's like missing water. Every day, you notice the person's absence more.

It is not how much you love someone, but who you are when you are with him.