" And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. "
" It is impossible to repent of love. The sin of love does not exist. "
" There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair. "
" When you look into the eyes of an animal you've rescued, you can't help but fall in love. "
Paul Shaffer
" Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible - it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could. "
Barbara De Angelis
" No, there's nothing half so sweet in life as love's young dream. "
" Thousands have lived without love, not one without water. "
" I am in you and you in me, mutual in divine love. "
" I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty... you fall half in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are. "
J. D. Salinger
" People happy in love have an air of intensity. "
" Marriage is not a noun; it's a verb. It isn't something you get. It's something you do. It's the way you love your partner every day. "
" Bid me to love, and I will give a loving heart to thee. "
" To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun. "
Robert Burton
" I'm not one of those people who wakes up and thinks, 'Bring on the day!' I have to have about 7 pints of coffee before I'm even remotely awake. But I love the golden hour in the evening, as hokey as that sounds. Just as the sun is about to set and you get those lovely shadows and everything looks gold and yellow. "
Stacy London
" Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well. "
" I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. "
James A. Baldwin
" Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper. "
" Would that I were a dry well, and that the people tossed stones into me, for that would be easier than to be a spring of flowing water that the thirsty pass by, and from which they avoid drinking. "
" Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a holding pattern over Philadelphia. "
" The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is. "
" If thou must love me, let it be for naught except for love's sake only. "
" The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply. "
" You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on. "
" To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice. "
" The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father. "
" The first time you marry for love, the second for money, and the third for companionship. "
" Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species. "
" The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstasy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transformed. "
" The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other. "
" Setting my mind on a musical instrument was like falling in love. All the world seemed bright and changed. "
William Christopher Handy
" If you can learn to love yourself and all the flaws, you can love other people so much better. And that makes you so happy. "