Chapter 4
1. Elizabeth Gilbert, Committed: A Love Story (New York: Viking Penguin, 2010).
2. Ibid.
3. Nasim Hassan, “Create the Perfect Love,” Nasim the Dream (blog) http://nasimhassan.com/creating-the-perfect-love/.
Chapter 5
1. Laura Doyle, The Surrendered Wife: A Practical Guide to Finding Intimacy, Passion, and Peace with a Man (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999, 2001).
Chapter 6
1. Dave Meurer, Daze of Our Wives: A Semi-Helpful Guide to Marital Bliss (Minneapolis: Bethany House, 2000), 19–20.
Chapter 8
1. “You gather the idea that Mauritius was made first, and then heaven; and that heaven was copied after Mauritius.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World (n.p.: Empire, 2011), 328.
2. For more, see http://dictionary.reverso.net/french-english/donnant,%20donnant.
3. http://www.mgirti.org/.
1. Ecclesiastes 4:12 NASB.
2. Melanie Beattie, http://www.doonething.org/quotes/gratitude-quotes.htm.
Chapter 31
1. Richard Carlson and Kristine Carlson, An Hour to Live, an Hour to Love: The True Story of the Best Gift Ever Given, Kindle ed. (n.p.: Hyperion, 2007), intro.
2. Ibid., page unknown.
Chapter 32
1. You can view this lecture on the Internet Archive website, at http://archive.org/details/LastLecturebyRandyPausch.
2. See the article about her book and the embedded video at Tess Scott, “Lessons After the Last Lecture from Jai Pausch,” ABC World News with Diane Sawyer website, May 15, 2012, http://abcnews.go.com/US/jai-pausch-lessons-lecture/story?id=16351226#.UYE1I6KsiSo.
Chapter 33
1. William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, act 2, scene 2.
2. See, for example, “Study: Married Couples Live Longer, Healthier Lives Than Singles,” CBS Local, Cleveland website, November 14, 2012, http://cleveland.cbslocal.com/2012/11/14/study-married-couples-live-longer-healthier-lives-than-singles/; and Anita Naik, “Why Marriage Is Good for Your Health,” Netdoctor, http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/healthy-living/wellbeing/marriage-is-good-for-your-health.htm.
3. See, for example, Tatiana Berry, “Health Benefits of Positive Relationships,” http://www.counselingassociateshome.com/HealthBenefitsofPositiveRelationships.html.