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Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother’s love is not.
James Joyce1882–1941A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916), Chapter V (3 of 3)In context
- Family
Love between man and man is impossible because there must not be sexual intercourse and friendship between man and woman is impossible because there must be sexual intercourse.
James Joyce1882–1941Dubliners (1914), A Painful CaseIn context
- Friendship
- Sex
“All the same,” said the Scarecrow, “I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one.”
“I shall take the heart,” returned the Tin Woodman; “for brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.”
L. Frank Baum1856–1919The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), Chapter VIn context
- Happiness
- Intelligence
Love is a possible strength in an actual weakness. Marriage transforms a distraction into a support, the power of which should be, and happily often is, in direct proportion to the degree of imbecility it supplants.
Thomas Hardy1840–1928Far from the Madding Crowd (1874), Chapter IVIn context
- Marriage
“All romances end at marriage.”
Thomas Hardy1840–1928Far from the Madding Crowd (1874), Chapter XLIIn context
- Marriage
Some cynical Frenchman has said that there are two parties to a love-transaction: the one who loves and the other who condescends to be so treated.
William Makepeace Thackeray1811–1863Vanity Fair (1848), Chapter XIIIIn context
If people only made prudent marriages, what a stop to population there would be!
William Makepeace Thackeray1811–1863Vanity Fair (1848), Chapter XVIIn context
- Comedy
- Marriage
I can’t love you unless I give you up.
Edith Wharton1862–1937The Age of Innocence (1920), Book I, Chapter XVIIIIn context
Looking at his wife as one looks at a valuable piece of personal property which has suffered some damage.
Kate Chopin1850–1904The Awakening (1899), Chapter IIn context
- Marriage
- Women
When love beckons to you, follow him,
Though his ways are hard and steep.
And when his wings enfold you yield to him,
Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.
And when he speaks to you believe in him,
Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden.
Kahlil Gibran1883–1931The Prophet (1923), On LoveIn context
For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.
Kahlil Gibran1883–1931The Prophet (1923), On LoveIn context
When you love you should not say, “God is in my heart,” but rather, “I am in the heart of God.”
And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
Kahlil Gibran1883–1931The Prophet (1923), On LoveIn context
- God
The father of a woman whom we love is never a stranger to us.
Victor Hugo1802–1885Les Misérables (1862), Volume III: Marius, Book Eighth: The Wicked Poor Man, Chapter XXIn context
- Family
Ye who suffer because ye love, love yet more. To die of love, is to live in it.
Victor Hugo1802–1885Les Misérables (1862), Volume IV: Saint-Denis, Book Fifth: The End of Which Does Not Resemble the Beginning, Chapter IVIn context
- Life & Death
The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky1821–1881The Brothers Karamazov (1880), Book II: An Unfortunate Gathering, Chapter IVIn context