Romance may be sour, but love is exhilarating. There is nothing quite like giving yourself up completely to an emotion. There is nothing like giving yourself up completely to a person. Love is beautiful.

But love is not the same thing as romance. Romance breaks the heart in two. I've been told they're the same, but I know it's untrue. Love is beyond anything on this earth, and romance casts shadows in a pale shade of blue.