34 quotes
Love is the only thing that will save us, independent of any mistakes we may make. Love is always stronger.
Aleph (2011)
We need to love. Even when it leads us to the land where the lakes are made of tears, to that secret, mysterious place, the land of tears!
Manuscript Found in Accra (2012)
Love simply is. … Love and don't ask too many questions. Just love.
The great problem with poisoning by Bitterness was that the passions — hatred, love, despair, enthusiasm, curiosity — also ceased to manifest themselves.
Veronika Decides to Die (1998)
The light of love flows out of my soul, but it can go nowhere because it’s blocked by pain. I could inhale and exhale every morning for the rest of my life, but that wouldn’t solve anything.
Aleph (2011)
Love is always new. Regardless of whether we love once, twice, or a dozen times in our life, we always face a brand-new situation. Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere.
By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (1994)
I love you like a river that begins as a solitary trickle in the mountains and gradually grows and joins other rivers until, after a certain point, it can flow around any obstacle in order to get where it wants.
Aleph (2011)
I will be capable of loving, regardless of whether I am loved in return
Aleph (2011)
I love you like a river that creates the right conditions for trees and bushes and flowers to flourish along its banks. I love you like a river that gives water to the thirsty and takes people where they want to go.
Aleph (2011)
Do not seek for love outside of you...
My 25 most important points (2014)
No reason is needed for loving...
My 25 most important points (2014)
I am going to sit here with you by the river. If you go home to sleep, I will sleep in front of your house. And if you go away, I will follow you — until you tell me to go away. Then I'll leave. But I have to love you for the rest of my life.
By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (1994)
“No one can learn to love by following a manual, and no one can learn to write by following a course. I’m not telling you to seek out other writers but to find people with different skills from yourself, because writing is no different from any other activity done with joy and enthusiasm”.
Aleph (2011)
May love be your guide in every moment of your life.
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