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
Quotations
Love
Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.
-Mark Twain
Love is not love that alters when it alteration finds.
-William Shakespeare
I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved.
-George Eliot
You cannot unconditionally love someone. You can only be unconditional love.... You don’t love another, you are another.
-Stephen Levine
When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth.
-Jess C. Scott
"The Intern"
The wise are wise only because they love. Fools are fools only because they think they can understand love.
-Paulo Coelho "Paulo Coelho"
Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known?
-William Shakespeare
Not only is love blind, it’s a little hard of hearing.
-Brian P. Cleary
"You Oughta Know By Now"
On the journey towards the beloved, you live by dying at every step.
-Nadeem Aslam
"The Wasted Vigil"
