A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life to be thankful for a good one.
Mae West
When Death to either shall come - I pray it be first to me.
Robert Bridges
A mighty pain to love it is, and 'tis a pain that pain to miss; but of all the pains, the greatest pain is to love, but love in vain.
Abraham Crowley
Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Relationships - of all kinds - are like sand held in your hand. Held loosely, with an open hand, the sand remains where it is. The minute you close your hand and squeeze tightly to hold on, the sand trickles through your fingers. You may hold onto some of it, but most will be spilled. A relationship is like that. Held loosely, with respect and freedom for the other person, it is likely to remain intact. But hold too tightly, too possessively, and the relationship slips away and is lost.
Kaleel Jamison
Truly loving another means letting go of all expectations. It means full acceptance, even celebration of another's personhood.
Karen Casey
In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love you
want the other person.
Margaret Anderson
There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.
Friedrich Nietzsche
It is better to be hated for who you are than to be loved for what you are not.
Andre Gide
Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough. Not only have I found that when I talk to the little flower or to the little peanut they will give up their secrets, but I have found that when I silently commune with people they give up their secrets also - if you love them enough.
George Washington