I very rarely describe something as "inspirational" - I think it has become one of those overused terms that has lost the sense of what it was really attempting to convey, but Chinese political activists Liu Xia and her husband Liu Xiaobao are two people who I would probably deem worthy of such a charicterisation. The letter Xiaobao wrote to his wife as he was jailed is one of the most romantic things I have read.
"Your love is sunlight that transcends prison walls and bars, stroking every inch of my skin, warming my every cell, letting me maintain my inner calm, magnanimous and bright, so that every minute in prison is full of meaning… My love is hard, sharp, and can penetrate any obstacles. Even if I am crushed into powder, I will embrace you with the ashes."
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