The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.

The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.

Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.

Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.

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?

Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.

Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.

The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.

The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.

The porcupine, whom one must handle gloved, May be respected, but is never loved.

The porcupine, whom one must handle gloved, May be respected, but is never loved.

Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason. And those of us who are mothers know it's read more

Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason. And those of us who are mothers know it's the most exquisite love of all.

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,rnAnd therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,rnAnd therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.

Love is tested in so many ways. How do I articulate this? Two people are together. There are stakes, strife, read more

Love is tested in so many ways. How do I articulate this? Two people are together. There are stakes, strife, struggles, all these things that make us fall for someone, love someone even more, leave someone.