Life isn't happily ever after

Life isn't happily ever after and golden sunsets and shit like that.
It's work. The person you love is rarely worthy of how big your love is.
Because no one is worthy of that and maybe no one deserves the burden of
it, either. You'll be let down. You'll be disappointed and have your
trust broken and have a lot of real sucky days. You lose more than you
win. You hate the person you love as much as you love him. But, shit,
you roll up your sleeves and work - at everything -because that's what
growing older is.
... Dennis Lehane, Mystic River