The heart asks pleasure first,
And then, excuse from pain;
And then, those little anodynes
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The heart asks pleasure first,
And then, excuse from pain;
And then, those little anodynes
That deaden suffering;
And then, to go to sleep;
And then, if it should be
The will of its Inquisitor,
The liberty to die.

Your heart is full of fertile seeds, waiting to sprout.

Your heart is full of fertile seeds, waiting to sprout.

Some hearts are hidden, some have not a heart.

Some hearts are hidden, some have not a heart.

Love is not written on paper, for paper can be erased. Nor is it etched on stone, for stone can read more

Love is not written on paper, for paper can be erased. Nor is it etched on stone, for stone can be broken. But it is inscribed on a heart and there it shall remain forever.

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with those who are reckless with yours.

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with those who are reckless with yours.

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.

The human heart feels things the eyes cannot see, and knows what the mind cannot understand

The human heart feels things the eyes cannot see, and knows what the mind cannot understand

Deep in my heart I'm concealing things that I'm longing to say. Scared to confess what I'm feeling - frightened read more

Deep in my heart I'm concealing things that I'm longing to say. Scared to confess what I'm feeling - frightened you'll slip away.

A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts read more

A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts it so that it can never again hold quite as much love for her