Through poetry, I first discovered the true meaning of love, death and the saving power of faith. ‘Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, but bears it out even to the edge of doom.’ In those simple words, Shakespeare distils the true meaning of human devotion, one that most great philosophies have tried in vain to explain.

Through poetry, I first discovered the true meaning of love, death and the saving power of faith. ‘Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, but bears it out even to the edge of doom.’ In those simple words, Shakespeare distils the true meaning of human devotion, one that most great philosophies have tried in vain to explain.