Only the really plain people know about love - the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impression read more

Only the really plain people know about love - the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impression that they soon exhaust their talents.

Love is union with somebody, or something, outside oneself, under the condition of retaining the separateness and integrity of one's read more

Love is union with somebody, or something, outside oneself, under the condition of retaining the separateness and integrity of one's own self.

When you are in Love you can’t fall asleep because reality is better than your dreams.

When you are in Love you can’t fall asleep because reality is better than your dreams.

Food there was none, Shelter there was none but love was there in plenty, Hence I was the richest man read more

Food there was none, Shelter there was none but love was there in plenty, Hence I was the richest man in the world.

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.

There is no love of life without despair of life.

There is no love of life without despair of life.

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

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

'Tis said of love that it sometimes goes, sometimes flies; runs with one, walks gravely with another; turns a third read more

'Tis said of love that it sometimes goes, sometimes flies; runs with one, walks gravely with another; turns a third into ice, and sets a fourth in a flame: it wounds one, another it kills: like lightning it begins and ends in the same moment: it makes that fort yield at night which it besieged but in the morning; for there is no force able to resist it.

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows read more

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.