Love Quotes

"Love is the desperate attempt to feel less alone."

"We love in the hope of being understood, always disappointed."

"We are not really sure what it is we love; we only know that we cannot live without it."

"Love demands that we become vulnerable in ways that terrify us."

"We love those who see us most clearly and accept us most fully."

"The heart wants what it wants, or else it does not care."

"Ourselves were wed one summer and then the time was lost."

"Going-to-Her was like opening a door that opened on Eternity."

"Going to Her is like opening the door that opens upon Eternity."

"To love is so startling, it leaves little time for anything else."

"Love is anterior to Life."

"I showed her Heights she never saw I gave her Shelves of Pearl."

"A touch of the hand, an impression of the eyes, and all is changed."

"The very essence of romance is uncertainty."

"Love will make a man prisoner, and sacrifice will make him free."

"Ambition is a trifle when it collides with great affection of the heart."

"Love is the greatest teacher in the world."

"We love and suffer in the same breath."

"Love is the most destructive force known to humanity."

"Love is the best way to ensure your own destruction."

"Love is life's blood."

"Love conquers all hatred."

"To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to be alive."

"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened."

"It is not customary to love what one has not admired."

"Love demands sacrifice, but true sacrifice comes from genuine affection."

"Love that demands perfection is not love but control."

"Love is the most universal of all experiences, yet the most particular"

"The human heart has an infinite capacity for both love and cruelty"

"To love is to risk the greatest pain, and to refuse that risk is to refuse life"