And the world's so rich in resplendent eyes,
'Twere a pity to limit one's love to a pair.
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.
The loves that meet in Paradise shall cast out fear,
And Paradise hath room for you and me and all.
Saith she, “Yet liever I were dead,
Than I should lose my maidenhead,
And all for love of men.”
Without a mother, one cannot love. Without a mother, one cannot die.
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
Our love is a strong love, baby.
We give it all
And still receive.
In order to love your enemies, you must begin by analyzing self.
The darkness of racial injustice will be dispelled only by the light of forgiving love.
The minister kiss'd the fiddler's wife,
An' could na preach for thinkin' o't.