Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.
-Mark Twain
Quotations
Love
Why are old lovers able to become friends? Two reasons. They never truly loved each other, or they love each other still.
-Whitney Otto
"How to Make an American Quilt"
We are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love.
-Sigmund Freud
Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better.
-William Shakespeare
In love all the contradictions of existence merge themselves and are lost.
-Rabindranath Tagore
On the journey towards the beloved, you live by dying at every step.
-Nadeem Aslam
"The Wasted Vigil"
Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with the heart and soul there is no such thing as separation!
-Rumi
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.
-Dalai Lama
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
-Oscar Wilde
Nothing I say can explain to you divine love. Yet all of creation cannot seem to stop talking about it.
-Rumi "Jalaluddin Rumi"
