Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.

Affection is believed through action long before it is believed through statement. A person who is told they are loved and treated carelessly will trust the treatment, because behaviour is expensive and words are cheap. Small gestures carry weight precisely because they cost something in attention and time, and because nobody performs them by accident.

Notice what you have been saying lately and what you have actually done. Then pick one concrete thing this week: the errand you take over, the message sent for no reason, the evening cleared. Declarations are still worth making, and they are the accompaniment rather than the substance.