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.
Self-love for ever creeps out, like a snake, to sting anything which happens to stumble upon it.
Affliction is not sent in vain, young man,
From that good God, who chastens whom he loves.
None knows the reason why this curse
Was sent on him, this love of making verse.
There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt.
Love is the law, love under will.
What is a kiss? Why this, as some approve:
The sure, sweet cement, glue, and lime of love.
Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.
A poet never takes notes. You never take notes in a love affair.