“This probably hit me the hardest because that’s what real love is – it’s not just loving the memories or the good times, but of accepting and loving a person for everything they are, including the times they hurt you or you hurt them. It’s about loving who they were, who they are, and who they will be. It’s knowing that you may never understand or act the same way they do, but that you will love them anyway. That’s what real love is.” -C.A. Jacobs

https://cajacobs.com/2014/08/02/book-review-the-lovely-bones-by-alice-sebold/