You are my inspiration and my folly. You are my light across the sea, my million nameless joys, and my day’s wage. You are my divinity, my madness, my selfishness, my transfiguration and purification. You are my rapscallionly fellow vagabond my tempter and star. I want you. -George Bernard Shaw

Say things to the world that are true. -Pablo Casals

Are you someone’s favorite person?

Somewhere there is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you today just the way you are. Yours is the name they love the most. Your face has been memorized, by touch and by sight. Your birthday is a holiday.

You are the last thing on their mind at night and the first thing on their mind in the morning. You are the light of their life, and the most valuable player on their team.

Someone keeps the lamp of friendship lit for you, or the home fires burning, or meets you at the airport in the middle of the night, or make you laugh until your sides ache, or tells you they believe in you before you can even believe in yourself.

What an honor to be loved and appreciated by someone who knows you so well. What a joy is he or she is your favorite person, too.

“We started off as good friends, and even though we finally fell in love and got married, we still hold our friendship high. Every year on Valentine’s Day he sends me two bouquets of flowers instead of one. The first is addressed to the Love of my Life, and the second is addressed to My Best Friend.”

If you and your partner have a great friendship,