a lifetimes talk

"love isnt an act. its a whole life. its staying with her now because she needs you; its knowing you and her will still care about eachother when butterflies and daydreams, fights and futures, when all thats on the shelf and done with. love.. i'll tell you what love is: it's you at seventy-five and her at seventy-one, each of you listening for the others step in the next room, each afraid that a sudden silence, a sudden cry, could mean a lifetimes talk is over." -Brian Moore