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"
Quotations
Love
Love watches, and sleeping, slumbers not. When fatigued it does not become tired; when pressed it does not work through constraint; when threatened it is not disturbed; but like a lively flame and a burning torch, it mounts upwards, and securely overcomes all opposition.
-Jesus Christ
I wonder how many people don't get the one they want, but end up with the one they're supposed to be with.
-Fannie Flagg
"Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe"
God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages.
-Jacques Deval "Jacques Deval"
Nothing is sweeter than love, nothing stronger, nothing higher, nothing more sublime, nothing more expansive, nothing more joyful, nothing more abundant, nothing more pleasing in Heaven or on earth ; because love is born of God, nor can it rest upon created things, but only in God
-Jesus Christ
Love is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation.
-Rabindranath Tagore "Rabindranath Tagore"
I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.
-Mother Teresa
Stop waiting for the right person to come into your life. Be the right person to come to someone’s life.
-Leo Babauta
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 is not an emotion. It is your very existence.
-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
