Anniversary Quotes
There is no anniversary collection behind this page. It is put together from the pages on love, marriage, romance and time, then sorted by quality, so what comes up first is whatever those four pages rate highest.
Expect poems and passages from novels more than card lines. Some of the best material here only works with the sentences around it, which is why each quote links to its own page with the source and the notes. If you plan to put one in print, check the flag first: a line marked misattributed is fine to enjoy and risky to credit.
The best time to write a story is yesterday. The next best time is today.
The more we struggle for life (as pleasure), the more we are actually killing what we love.
There's no more usual basis of union than a mutual misunderstanding.
The joy of love is too short, and the sorrow thereof, and what cometh thereof, dureth over long.
Marriage is not a sometime thing; it’s whole hawg or you’re not married.
Each time dawn appears, the mystery is there in its entirety.
Love is the only shocking act left on the face of the earth.
Appetite emotion must first, last and always be adapted to love.