If Fate Doesn't Make You Laugh, You

If You Could Be Happy, Really Happy, For Just A While, But You Knew From The Start That It Would End In Sadness, And Bring Pain Afterwards, Would You Choose To Have That Happiness Or Would You Avoid It?

While The Foods Were Being Prepared, I Watched As Men Dragged A Foot-operated Grinding Wheel Into An Open Space, And The Groom Devoted A Tense Hour To Putting A Razor's Edge To A Large, Ornate Dagger. The Bride's Father Watched That Effort With A Critical Eye. After Satisfying Himself That The Weapon Was Suitably Lethal, He Gravely Accepted It As A Gift From The Younger Man. The Groom Has Just Sharpened The Knife That The Bride's Father Will Use On Him, If He Ever Mistreats The Girl.

Be True To Love Where Ever You Find It, And Be True To Yourself And Everything That You Really Are.

If You Make Your Heart Into A Weapon, You End Up Using It On Yourself.

For All His Wisdom, He Did Not Know That Love Cannot Be Tested. Honesty Can Be Tested And Loyalty. But There Is Not Test For Love. Love Goes On Forever, Once It Begins, Even If We Come To Hate The One We Love. Love Goes On Forever Because Love Is Born In The Part Of Us That Does Not Die.