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.
In their first passion, women love their lovers; in all the others, they love love.
Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity.
The passion of love is essentially selfish, while motherhood widens the circle of our feelings.
For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and, again, nothing worse than a bad one.
The blend of admiration and compassion is one of the surest recipes for love.
We often confuse unconditional love with unconditional approval.
All are to be held in the incredible embrace of the love that won’t let us go.