" We’re different, all right. But I enjoy him. He makes me laugh. And we have a lot in common.”
“People go to the rescue shelter and choose dogs for similar reasons. Not seventy-year soul mates.”
“Okay, Dr. Phil, what reason would you choose?”
“Love.”
She shook her head. “That kind only happens to the select few. The rest of us better get what we can while we can. Otherwise…”
“Otherwise what?”
“Otherwise we end up waiting on a fairy tale that never comes true. "

― Charles Martin , The Mountain Between Us