Why is it that the very people who have fought so hard and so long for the simple entitlement to love whom they choose to love are the very ones denied that right by those who routinely take their vows for granted?

For the vast majority of those who are obese - those with a Body Mass Index over 30 - their size is their choice. They choose to take in more calories than they burn. They choose to take in high fat calories over low-fat ones. They choose to fad diet, if they choose to diet at all.

The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just recently fallen in love is undisguisable.

Yield nothing to love that is denied to discretion.

It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.

We always love those who admire us; we do not always love those whom we admire.