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.
There is no love;
There are only the various envies, all of them sad.
I love you all; I love you more than life itself, but you're all fucking mad!
All, all for immortality,
Love like the light silently wrapping all.
Can we love but on condition that the thing we love must die?
And you must love him, ere to you
He will seem worthy of your love.
The love of praise, howe'er concealed by art,
Reigns more or less, and glows in ev'ry heart.
And sweeter woman ne'er drew breath
Than my sonne's wife, Elizabeth.
Stand still, and I will read to thee
A lecture, love, in love’s philosophy.
Grown old in love from seven till seven times seven,
I oft have wished for Hell for ease from Heaven.