It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
-André Gide
"Autumn Leaves"
Quotations
Love
Love and freedom are such hideous words. So many cruelties have been done in their name.
-Joseph O'connor
"Star of the Sea"
In many a form of goodness, O Love, you show your face. Grant that these forms may penetrate within our hearts. Send elsewhere all malice!
-Vedas "Atharva Veda"
I want to be in a relationship where you telling me you love me is just a ceremonious validation of what you already show me.
-Steve Maraboli
"Life, the Truth, and Being Free"
If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. If they don't, they never were.
-Khalil Gibran
The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.
-Ernest Hemingway
"Men Without Women"
Love me or hate me, both are in my favour… If you love me, I’ll always be in your heart… If you hate me, I’ll always be in your mind.
-William Shakespeare "William Shakespeare"
Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.
-Rabindranath Tagore
The difference between love and happiness is that those who talk about love tend to be in love, but those who talk about happiness tend to be not happy.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
...when I think of you it's with tears, because no one else has such delicate hands that can reach into my soul and calm my fears...
-John Geddes
"A Familiar Rain"
