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.

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.

The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.

The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.

Speak to me of love,
said St Francis to
the almond tree,
and the tree blossomed.

Speak to me of love,
said St Francis to
the almond tree,
and the tree blossomed.

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That read more

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

Love matches are made by people who are content, for a month of honey, to condemn themselves to a life read more

Love matches are made by people who are content, for a month of honey, to condemn themselves to a life of vinegar.

If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.

If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.

Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made read more

Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.