Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.

If a lot of cures are suggested for a disease it means that the disease is incurable.

—Anton Chekhov

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

—Anton Chekhov

To advise is not to compel.

—Anton Chekhov

There is nothing new in art except talent.

—Anton Chekhov

We shall find peace. We shall hear the angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.

—Anton Chekhov

To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.

—Anne-Sophie Swetchine

Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.

—Alan Watts

It is sad not to love, but it is much sadder not to be able to love.

—Miguel de Unamuno

The wise man will love; all others will desire.

—Afranius

In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.

—André Maurois