To be in love is merely to be in a perpetual state of anesthesia--to mistake an ordinary young man for read more

To be in love is merely to be in a perpetual state of anesthesia--to mistake an ordinary young man for a Greek god or an ordinary young woman for a goddess.

The path to the Mideast
is littered
with Nobel peace laureates
who have not yet achieved
what can only read more

The path to the Mideast
is littered
with Nobel peace laureates
who have not yet achieved
what can only be achieved in
each heart.

Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a read more

Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a holding pattern over Philadelphia.

But surely for everything you have to love you have to pay some price.

But surely for everything you have to love you have to pay some price.

A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years.

A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years.

You should hurry up and acquire the cigar habit. It's one of the major happinesses. And so much more lasting read more

You should hurry up and acquire the cigar habit. It's one of the major happinesses. And so much more lasting than love, so much less costly in emotional wear and tear.

We are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love.

We are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love.

Mysterious love, uncertain treasure,
Hast thou more of pain or pleasure!
. . . .
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Mysterious love, uncertain treasure,
Hast thou more of pain or pleasure!
. . . .
Endless torments dwell above thee:
Yet who would live, and live without thee!

I long for the raised voice, the howl of rage or love.

I long for the raised voice, the howl of rage or love.