Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better.
-William Shakespeare
Quotations
Love
When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which is set in the direction of the pleasure which beauty can inspire, is called love.
-Socrates
If her soul ever leaks, I want it to land on me.
-Markus Zusak
"Getting the Girl"
Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.
-Khalil Gibran
The wise are wise only because they love. The fools are fools only because they think they can understand love.
-Paulo Coelho
A true 'lover' is the one, in whom his beloved can find not only a lover, but also a
friend, father, guru, brother, son, all of them.
-Deep Trivedi
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
Love doesn’t please itself by seeking revenge. Love sacrifices itself for the good of others.
-Kerrelyn Sparks
"Be Still My Vampire Heart"
I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved.
-George Eliot
Nothing I say can explain to you divine love. Yet all of creation cannot seem to stop talking about it.
-Rumi "Jalaluddin Rumi"
