“Well, love is insanity. The ancient Greeks knew that. It is the taking over of a rational and lucid mind by delusion and self-destruction. You lose yourself, you have no power over yourself, you can't even think straight.”
Quotes about love
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“I love you the more in that I believe you had liked me for my own sake and for nothing else.”
“True love stories never have endings.”
“I always like to win. But I'm the big sister. I want to make sure she has everything, even if I don't have anything. It's hard. I love her too much. That's what counts.”
“Behold, my friends, the spring is come the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!”
“A bell's not a bell 'til you ring it, A song's not a song 'til you sing it, Love in your heart wasn't put there to stay, Love isn't love 'til you give it away!”
“It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.”
“Depression is when you have lots of love, but no one's taking.”
“All men and women have an equal need for love. When these needs are not fulfilled it is easy to have our feelings hurt, for which we blame our partner.”
“We do not judge the people we love.”
“Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go.”
“Grief is the price we pay for love.”
“I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.”
“But when women are moved and lend help, when women, who are by nature calm and controlled, give encouragement and applause, when virtuous and knowledgeable women grace the endeavor with their sweet love, then it is invincible.”
“Love has its place, as does hate. Peace has its place, as does war. Mercy has its place, as do cruelty and revenge.”
“You can never control who you fall in love with, even when you're in the most sad, confused time of your life. You don't fall in love with people because they're fun. It just happens.”
“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.”
“I do not want a husband who honours me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman.”
“I can't imagine anything more worthwhile than doing what I most love. And they pay me for it.”
“Authenticity is the alignment of head, mouth, heart, and feet - thinking, saying, feeling, and doing the same thing - consistently. This builds trust, and followers love leaders they can trust.”
“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.”
“Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.”
“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.”
“Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can and surely will at times fail. Other vulnerabilities, like being embarrassed or risking love, can be terrifying, too. I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.”