That four-letter word

One of my best friends is moving away tomorrow. Feeling sad and soppy. Make fun of me while you can.

• Love is simple. It’s the circumstances surrounding it that can be tricky.

• Love is not an absolute, it is shared.

• Love holds you when you cry.

• Love is not a test or game. Those sideshows fade when you’re really loved.

• Love is your chest squeezing tight.

• There are different kinds of love. You don’t have to pick just one.

• Love always makes sense, even when nothing else does.

• Love is doing something for someone else because you really want to, not because they asked.

• Love is not possession or control, it is protection.

• If you love someone enough, you can forgive almost anything.

• Love should be spoken, but not frequently. It’s too precious for that.

• Love cannot make you crazy. It can, however, make you sane.

• You know love when you feel it.

• Love is not the first fever, it is the one hundredth tear.

• Love is not jewellery or romantic messages. It is talismans and secret languages.

• Love is years, memories, a millions words late at night.

• Love, real love, is always worth it.