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‘Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson1809–1892In Memoriam A.H.H. (1850)In contextOften credited to Augustine of Hippo
If music be the food of love, play on.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Twelfth Night (1601), Act I, scene i.In context
- Music
Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.
C. S. Lewis1898–1963The Four Loves (1960), Ch. VI: “Charity”
Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.
Henry van Dyke1852–1933Time Is
- Time
How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?
Albert Einstein1879–1955
Love, while always forgiving of imperfections and mistakes, can never cease to will their removal.
C. S. Lewis1898–1963
- Forgiveness
- Theology
If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don’t, they never were.
?UnattributedOften credited to Kahlil Gibran
Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.
C. S. Lewis1898–1963Answers to Questions on Christianity
Love at first sight is easy to understand; it’s when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle.
Amy Bloomborn 1953
- Marriage
Love is a sign from the heavens that you are here for a reason.
JGJ. Ghetto
Immature love says: ‘I love you because I need you.’ Mature love says: ‘I need you because I love you.’
Erich Fromm1900–1980The Art of Loving (1956), Ch. 2
The laws of gravity cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.
Albert Einstein1879–1955
When you’re comfortable with someone you love, the silence is the best.
Britney Spearsborn 1981
Real loss is only possible when you love something more than you love yourself.
Robin Williams1951–2014Good Will Hunting
Mortal lovers must not try to remain at the first step; for lasting passion is the dream of a harlot and from it we wake in despair.
C. S. Lewis1898–1963The Pilgrim’s Regress
- Sex