The art of love ... is largely the art of persistence

"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage." -Lao-Tzu
"Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The art of love ... is largely the art of persistence." -Albert Ellis
"Tell him I'm going to the back seat of my car with the woman I love, and I won't be back for ten minutes!" -Homer Jay Simpson, The Simpsons