Sappho

"Love shakes my heart like wind shaking leaves in the mountains."

"He seems to me equal to the gods, that man who sits facing you and hears you nearby, speaking sweetly."

"Some say a cavalry corps, some infantry, some claim the navy of the black ships is the supreme sight on the dark earth. I say it is the one you love."

"You may not realize you are special until someone comes along who cannot take their eyes off you."

"Eros the melter-of-limbs stirs me again."

"Night with stars sprinkled all over it."

"The moon has set, and the Pleiades; it is midnight, and time goes by, and I sleep alone."

"Immortal Aphrodite, on your patterned throne."

"Neither honey nor the honeybee for me."

"I desire and I pursue."

"Love is a craftsman of exquisite skill."

"Every creature is sweeter than golden honey, yet the most beautiful is loneliness."

"Like the sweet apple which reddens upon the limb of the orchard tree, and which the pickers have forgotten."

"You came and I was mad for you, and you cooled my mind that was burning with longing."

"With you I forget all my trouble."

"Rejoice in this day, for tomorrow is uncertain."

"We must live as we learn."

"Youth and love go together."

"The heart beats as it will."

"To be friends with one you love is the most blessed state of being."

"I say that the loveliest thing on the dark earth is the one you love."

"Golden Aphrodite, do not crush my spirit with bitterness."

"What would you not do for the one you love?"

"A woman of wisdom knows when to speak and when to remain silent."

"The bloom of youth fades like petals scattered by the wind."

"In love, as in war, all stratagem is fair."

"You may not realize how beautiful you are until you see yourself through the eyes of someone in love with you."

"For the beautiful in spirit, there is no death."

"To be free is to be alive, and to be alive is to love."

"The gifts of friendship are always the most precious."