This was love at first sight, love everlasting: a feeling unknown, unhoped for, unexpected- in so far as it could read more

This was love at first sight, love everlasting: a feeling unknown, unhoped for, unexpected- in so far as it could be a matter of conscious awareness; it took entire possession of him, and he understood, with joyous amazement, that this was for life.

I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love read more

I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.

Today I begin to understand what love must be, if it exists.... When we are parted, we each feel the read more

Today I begin to understand what love must be, if it exists.... When we are parted, we each feel the lack of the other half of ourselves. We are incomplete like a book in two volumes of which the first has been lost. That is what I imagine love to be: incompleteness in absence.

Friendship is mutual blackmail elevated to the level of love.

Friendship is mutual blackmail elevated to the level of love.

It is impossible to repent of love. The sin of love does not exist.

It is impossible to repent of love. The sin of love does not exist.

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

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

Next to coming to a good understanding with a new mistress, I love a quarrel with an old one.

Next to coming to a good understanding with a new mistress, I love a quarrel with an old one.

Ask not of me, love, what is love?
Ask what is good of God above;
Ask of read more

Ask not of me, love, what is love?
Ask what is good of God above;
Ask of the great sum what is light;
Ask what is darkness of the night;
Ask sin of what may be forgiven;
Ask what is happiness of heaven;
Ask what is folly of the crowd;
Ask what is fashion of the shroud;
Ask what is sweetness of thy kiss;
Ask of thyself what beauty is.

Our true identity is to love without fear and insecurity. Our higher potential finds us when we set our course read more

Our true identity is to love without fear and insecurity. Our higher potential finds us when we set our course in that direction. The power of love and compassion transforms insecurity. -Doc Childre.