Assuming my best friend was female if I fell in love with her I'd never act on that emotion. A best friend is far too valuable to throw away and that's exactly what I'd be doing if I ever had sex with her. With almost absolute certainty we'd break up and come to dislike each other immensely.
God, so atrocious in the Old Testament, so attractive in the New--the Jekyl and Hyde of sacred romance.
-Mark Twain
If people are good only because they fear punishment and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
-Albert Einstein