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.
We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
Heart of my heart, the world is young;
Love lies hidden in every rose!
None without hope e'er lov'd the brightest fair:
But Love can hope, where Reason would despair.
Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.
If you really want to love humanity, then you have to love humanity as it is now.
She's beautiful, and therefore to be woo'd;
She is a woman, therefore to be won.
The time is out of joint: O cursed spite,
That ever I was born to set it right!
Come what come may,
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.
Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.