Friendship

To the query, "What is a friend?" his reply was "A single soul dwelling in two bodies."
                                                                                                            ~ Artistotle

Friendship is not just a skill but a natural desire that you must nurture and protect.
~ Howard J. Markman, Scott M. Stanley, and Susan L. Blumberg, Fighting                                                                                   for Your Marriage , p. 217

A great way to help your wife become your best friend is to make sure that you compliment her.
                   ~ Clarence Shuler, Your Wife Can Be Your Best Friend , p. 65

Dating

.the actual date experience is the most exciting and enjoyable time.. It's a time when anything can happen, when all the doors are open to you, and you decide what comes next.
                 ~ Leah and Elina Furman, The Everything Dating Book , p. 130

Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with another person.
~ Dinah Craik, Quoted in Lists to Live By for Every Married Couple, p. 44

Courting

It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
~ Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Quoted in 2002 Ways to Find, Attract, and Keep                                                                                                        a Mate , p. 22

Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be.
                                                                                               ~ Robert Browning