There is something relentlessly compelling about the kind of love that causes you to change your life in a way that friends insist is insane and causes your family to wince and ask, “Are you sure this is a good idea?”

from this week’s NYT’s Modern Love column “The Magi at 10,000 Feet”
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/25/fashion/the-magi-at-10000-feet-modern-love.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=modern%20love&st=cse