Love is the only gold.

The greater man the greater courtesy.

—Alfred Lord Tennyson

And out of darkness came the hands that reach thro' nature, moulding men.

—Alfred Lord Tennyson

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.

—Alfred Lord Tennyson

Who is wise in love, love most, say least.

—Alfred Lord Tennyson

Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within.

—Alfred Lord Tennyson

Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.

—Ann Landers

Perhaps watching someone you love suffer can teach you even more than suffering yourself can.

—Dodie Smith

Always be willing to love again. Loving once is easy. Loving twice is harder, but love anytime is always worth it.

—Gwendolyn Heasley in Don't Call Me Baby

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity—romantic love and gunpowder.

—André Maurois

I hated the distance between us. It left me unsettled, unbalanced. Like the good parts of myself were fading.

—Kristen Simmons in  Breaking Point