Quotes about love
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But when all was said the important thing was to love rather than to be loved.
A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
André Maurois1885–1967Un Art de Vivre (The Art of Living) (1939)A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
MMMignon McLaughlin1913–1983Often credited to Germaine GreerAny woman can talk herself into being in love with any man, for a while anyway.
MMMignon McLaughlin1913–1983The Complete Neurotic’s Notebook (1981), Women & menMarriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?
A man may be a fool and not know it — but not if he is married.
H. L. Mencken1880–1956A Mencken Chrestomathy (1949)
Freddie Mercury1946–1991On his relationship with Mary Austin, as quoted in “Rock On Freddie” (1985).- TMThomas Merton1915–1968Letter to Dorothy Day (20 December 1961).
Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.
TMThomas Merton1915–1968Letter to Dorothy Day, quoted in Catholic Voices in a World on Fire (2005) by Stephen Hand, p. 180.- TMThomas Merton1915–1968Love and Living (1979) Part One: Love and Living, p. 27
Once you cared about a person, it was impossible to be logical about them anymore.
Stephenie Meyerborn 1973New Moon (2006), p. 304
Arthur Miller1915–2005Quentin in After the Fall (1964) Act II
