Much as I couldn't be bothered to acknowledge the circus that goes around, it being V-Day (V-Day...I always think that sounds like a disease if you say it fast enough), something I read here in The Guardian today struck me as lines I'd want to read again, years from now. So it goes here.

It's romantic to attribute love to serendipity rather than effort, but I think enduring love is something we have to make rather than discover. The most engaging, uplifting and comedic stories come from our efforts to create and sustain love in difficult circumstances with imperfect human materials. Graeme Simsion