Love's mysteries in souls do grow,
But yet the body is his book.
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.
If yet I have not all thy love,
Dear, I shall never have it all.
Now thou hast loved me one whole day,
To-morrow when thou leavest, what wilt thou say?
Refinement is a sign of a deficient vitality, in art, in love, and in everything.
Love, the most generous passion of the mind
The softest refuge innocence can find.
These are thy bridal flowers
I am now wreathing;
This is thy marriage hymn
I am now breathing.
Thrice venomed is the wound when 'tis Love's hand
Inflicts the blow.
Love is that liquor sweet and most divine,
Which my God feels as blood, but I as wine.