The faces of love are very different, just like people. In these documentary stories of recent times, we see both sublime examples of a noble feeling, before which words fall silent, and undertakings of a completely different kind, which are worthy only of a contemptuous grin. Some of the dramatic events described here have become a thing of the past. But many will be repeated more than once, because such stories are eternal. How eternal and seemingly insurmountable are the circumstances that test a person’s strength.