I know for certain that we never lose the people we love, even to death.

To love is to risk not being loved in return.

All of my youth growing up in my Italian family was focused around the table. That's where I learned about love.

Change is the end result of all true learning.

By age 19, I was married to a high-profile, much older musician and was mother to a baby girl. Since then, I've been divorced, been a cheater, been cheated on, gotten happily remarried, and raised a couple of great kids.

There's nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It's a thing no married man knows anything about.

Marriage is not a noun; it's a verb. It isn't something you get. It's something you do. It's the way you love your partner every day.

Obama sees himself as such a huge change that he can be cautious about other societal changes. But what he doesn't realize is that legalizing gay marriage is like electing a black president. Before you do it, it seems inconceivable. Once it's done, you can't remember what all the fuss was about.