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.
Our present joy is sweeter by past pain,
To love and heav'n, by suff'ring we attain.
You should seek harmony in everything you do. I am harmony. Thank you for your love.
Marriage was something I thought happened only to other people, like fatal traffic accidents.
We will wait for him like a good wife waiting for her husband who is in jail.
Love what we see can from our sight remove,
And things invisible are seen by Love.
I have heard much of these languishing lovers, but I never yet saw one of them die for love.
No one ever perfectly loved God who did not perfectly love some of his creatures in this world.
The chief element of creation is love and the chief action of love is Art.