…love…In all languages the word is treacherous and hard to define.
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.
I love acting, but it's much more fun taking the kids to the zoo.
You whisper, "You have loved enough,
Now let me be the Lover."
Venerate the martyrs, praise, love, proclaim, honor them. But worship the God of the martyrs.
Do not let yourself be guided by the feeling of lust or love.
The secret of a long marriage is shaving your legs every day . . . because it shows you still care.
...a lie is more comfortable than doubt, more useful than love, more lasting than truth ...
Byron says that it is easier to die for the woman one loves than to live with her.
A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
"When the sense of distinction and separation is absent, you may call it love."