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.
He who wants to do good knocks at the gate; he who loves finds the gate open.
Let the dead have the immortality of fame, but the living the immortality of love.
Who loves not woman, wine, and song
Remains a fool his whole life long.
I loved the man and do honor his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any.
To complete a work is just like being present at the death of someone you love.
The length of one's days matters less than the love of one's family and friends.
Dianne, thank you for teaching me about caring about the right things, and I love you.
All my life I have been a pacifist. All my life I have hated war and loved peace.
Now Love masters my limbs and shakes me, fatal creature, bitter-sweet.