I never even knew the last names of the people who sustained me through my darkest days. By Jonathan Gluck Can you love someone you hardly know? Or have barely spoken to? Or met just once, briefly?

So much meaning can be packed into a statement that begins, “If you loved me.” In the past tense, the conditional sentence conveys an accusation. It is understood as “I know you didn’t love me because ...

"Love they neighbor—and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier." —Mae West The declaration “I love you” usually expresses a genuine and profound attitude. But ...