Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs, Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes, Being vexed, read more

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs, Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes, Being vexed, a sea nourished with lovers' tears. What is it else? A madness most discreet, A choking gall and a preserving sweet.

Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why read more

Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. . . . It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

Little privations are easily endured when the heart is better treated than the body.

Little privations are easily endured when the heart is better treated than the body.

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to read more

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.

Many a man in love with a dimple makes a mistake of marrying the whole girl.

Many a man in love with a dimple makes a mistake of marrying the whole girl.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.

I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.

We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack.

We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack.