More quotations tagged with “love”
Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
—W. Somerset Maugham
Isn’t it funny how the memories you cherish before a breakup can become your worst enemies afterwards? The thoughts you loved to think about, the memories you wanted to hold up to the light and view from every angle—it suddenly seems a lot safer to lock them in a box, far from the light of day and throw away the key. It’s not an act of bitterness. It’s an act of self-preservation.
—Ally Condie in First Day
I fell in love with him. But I don’t just stay with him by default as if there’s no one else available to me. I stay with him because I choose to, every day that I wake up, every day that we fight or lie to each other or disappoint each other. I choose him over and over again, and he chooses me.
—Veronica Roth in Allegiant
The truth is, sometimes too much can happen in a relationship, and then there’s nothing anyone can do or say. It’s broken.
—Gabrielle Zevin in In the Age of Love and Chocolate
A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years.
—Rupert Brooke