Love is friendship set on fire.

Her court was pure, her life serene;
God gave her peace; her land reposed;
A thousand claims to reverence closed. . .
("To the Queen")

Love is what you make it.

Didn't you know that people hide love like a flower
too precious to be picked?



Not loving is but a long dying

The first duty of love is to listen.

Pure and complete sorrow is impossible as pure and complete joy.



Love is life.
All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.
Everything is, everything exists, only because I love.
Everything is united by it alone.
Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love, shall
return to the general and eternal source.
(Prince Andrew in War and Peace)

Come, let us make love deathless, thou and I.

When two friends understand each other totally, the words are
soft and strong like an orchid's perfume.

i need him like i need the air to breathe

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
while loving someone deeply gives you courage.