Love is a temporary madness; it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of eternal passion. That is just being in love, which any fool can do. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Those that truly love have roots that grow towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossoms have fallen from their branches, they find that they are one tree and not two. —Louis de Bernières in Captain Corelli's Mandolin More about this quote Tags: love madness entwined Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Nature never did betray the heart that loved her. —William Wordsworth More about this quote Tags: love nature Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
True love is quiescent, except in the nascent moments of true humility. —Bryant H. McGill More about this quote Tags: love humility Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When we fall in love with someone there's a moment when we take a picture of that person, an emotional snapshot, that we carry with us forever. If we're lucky, if we're very, very lucky, the person we fall in love with will always resemble that snapshot. —Jim Geoghan in Light Sensitive More about this quote Tags: love emotion forever Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever. —Audre Lorde More about this quote Tags: love Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. —Oscar Wilde More about this quote Tags: love self romance Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When you love people, you want what's best for them, and sometimes what's best for them isn't you. —J.M. Darhower in Torture to Her Soul More about this quote Tags: love Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. —Mother Teresa More about this quote Tags: love strength joy prayer souls Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I don't know if she loves me. I don't know if I love her. All I can say is, she's the one I think about. All the time. Shes the voice I want to hear. She's the face I hope to see. —Sophie Kinsella in I've Got Your Number More about this quote Tags: love hope want Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The skepticism of youth signals the beginning of a search for something actually worth trusting, both within one's own psyche and in the world. That's why teens, supposedly stuck in life's lost years, are often so unequivocal about what they love and what they hate, and so frustrated when they feel misunderstood. The adolescent spirit is not the spirit of the lost. It is the conviction that you are not lost — that wandering has a purpose, and that what you deserve more than anything is the freedom to walk awhile on your own path. —Ann Powers More about this quote Tags: understanding love hate purpose youth trust skepticism conviction Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much. —Robert Louis Stevenson More about this quote Tags: love laughter success success Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good. —Helen Keller More about this quote Tags: love life memory heart good Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Love you will find only where you may show yourself weak without provoking strength. —Theodor W. Adorno More about this quote Tags: love strength weakness vulnerability Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye. —Thomas Fuller More about this quote Tags: love beauty relationships talking Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The first time you marry for love, the second for money, and the third for companionship. —Jackie Kennedy More about this quote Tags: love money companionship Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email