George Sand

Once my heart was captured, reason was shown the door, deliberately and with a sort of frantic joy. I accepted read more

Once my heart was captured, reason was shown the door, deliberately and with a sort of frantic joy. I accepted everything, I believed everything, without struggle, without suffering, without regret, without false shame. How can one blush for what one adores?

The prayers of a lover are more imperious than the menaces of the whole world.

The prayers of a lover are more imperious than the menaces of the whole world.

I have no enthusiasm for nature which the slightest chill will not instantly destroy.

I have no enthusiasm for nature which the slightest chill will not instantly destroy.

We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the whole book in the fire.

We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the whole book in the fire.

Life in common among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness.

Life in common among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness.