Love is not a habit, a commitment, or a debt. It isn`t what romantic songs tell us it is - read more

Love is not a habit, a commitment, or a debt. It isn`t what romantic songs tell us it is - love simply is.

We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities.

We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities.

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.

Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.

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.

Love can sometimes be magic. But magic can sometimes... just be an illusion.

Love can sometimes be magic. But magic can sometimes... just be an illusion.

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

Love: the delusion that one woman differs from another.

Love: the delusion that one woman differs from another.