Love Stinks

“Where you used to be,
there’s a hole in the world,
which I find myself constantly
walking around in the daytime,
and falling into at night. I miss
you like hell.”

“It is seldom indeed that one parts on good terms, because
if one were on good terms one would not part.”

“By the time you swear you’re his,
Shivering and sighing,
And he vows his passion is
Infinite, undying—
Lady, make a note of this:
One of you is lying.”

“The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.”

“To love you was pleasant enough. And, oh! ’tis delicious to hate you!”

“To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.”

“It is best to love wisely, no doubt;
but to love foolishly is better than
not to be able to love at all.”

“You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly.”

“The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.”

“Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us
discover this truth at the end of a love
affair or else when the sweet emotions
of love lead us into marriage
and then turn down their flames.”

Love is patient; love is kind
and envies no one.
Love is never boastful, nor conceited, nor rude;
never selfish, nor quick to take offense.
There is nothing love cannot face;
there is no limit to its faith,
its hope, and its endurance.
In a word, there are three things
that last forever: faith, hope and love;
but the greatest of them all is love.

“Two are better than one, because they have
a good return for their toil. For if they fall, one
will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone
when he falls and has not another to lift him up.”

“And think not you can guide the course of love.
For love, if it finds you worthy,
shall guide your course.”