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.
Ye Gods! annihilate but space and time,
And make two lovers happy.
Love in a hut, with water and a crust,
Is — Love, forgive us! — cinders, ashes, dust.
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.
There can be no true goodness, nor true love, without the utmost clear-sightedness.
Here's the advice I give everyone about marriage — is she someone you find interesting?
A man ought not to marry without having studied anatomy, and dissected at least one woman.