Love is like the glass,
That throws its own rich colour over all,
And makes all beautiful.
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.
All love that has not friendship for its base,
Is like a mansion built upon the sand.
He that made all things for love, by the same love keepeth them, and shall keep them without end.
May I not so much be lost as would have
No time to look at myself
Ever.
For Truth makes holy Love's illusive dreams,
And their best promise constantly redeems.
There's someone who's loved you forever but you don't know it.
To live is like to love — all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it.
Our image of happiness is indissolubly bound up with the image of the past.
I am the angel of reality,
Seen for a moment standing in the door.