We don’t love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities. Maritain, Jacques
We conceal it from ourselves in vain–we must always love something. In those matters seemingly removed from love, the feeling is secretly to be found, and man cannot possibly live for a moment without it. Pascal, Blaise
We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us. De Staël, Madame
When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except continue to love her. Wilde, Oscar
When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one’s self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance. Wilde, Oscar
When you love someone all your saved-up wishes start coming out. Bowen, Elizabeth
Yet each man kills the thing he loves, By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word. The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword! Wilde, Oscar
Yes, Love indeed is light from heaven; A spark of that immortal fire with angels shared, by Allah given to lift from earth our low desire. Byron, Lord
You say that love is nonsense….I tell you it is no such thing. For weeks and months it is a steady physical pain, an ache about the heart, never leaving one, by night or by day; a long strain on one’s nerves like toothache orrheumatism, not intolerable at any one instant, but exhausting by its […]
