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.
Some men a forward motion love,
But I by backward steps would move.
Love alone was left, as a great image of a dream that was erased.
There was, he remembered, far more to love than what went on in bed, but that had its place too.
It was in the shady groves of dictionaries that Jack fell in love.
I lie here thinking of you:— the stain of love
is upon the world!
I always said I never wanted to write about love, but then I went and did that anyway.
Canst thou not wait for Love one flying hour
O heart of little faith?
Whene'er I hear French spoken as I approve,
I feel myself quietly falling in love.
Your own experience in love
will lead you through my verses' meaning.
The frost stings sweetly with a burning kiss
As intimate as love, as cold as death.