You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection

Love you will find only where you may show yourself weak without provoking strength.

Love you will find only where you may show yourself weak without provoking strength.

The simple lack of her is more to me than others' presence.

The simple lack of her is more to me than others' presence.

Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.

Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.

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.

To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.

To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.

Love is blind, friendship closes its eyes.

Love is blind, friendship closes its eyes.

To love and to be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.

To love and to be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.

In true love the smallest distance is too great, and the greatest distance can be bridged.

In true love the smallest distance is too great, and the greatest distance can be bridged.