Love Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about love.

Henry F. Amiel

Henry F. Amiel

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The more one loves, the more one suffers.

Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

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One can love without being happy; one can be happy without loving; but to love and be happy is something marvelous.

Octavio Paz

Octavio Paz

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Love is born of a sudden passion; friendship from frequent and prolonged interaction.

Saint Teresa of Jesus

Saint Teresa of Jesus

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Perfect love has this power: that we forget our happiness to make those we love happy.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

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We are all travelers in the desert of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.

Cristina II

Cristina II

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I love men not because they are men, but because they are not women.

Diogenes of Sinope

Diogenes of Sinope

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Other dogs only bite their enemies, while I also bite my friends in order to save them.

Georges Duhamel

Georges Duhamel

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I have never cheated on my wife. It's not a merit: I love her.

Alexandre Dumas (fils)

Alexandre Dumas (fils)

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We must love, no matter who, no matter how, as long as we love.

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

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When a child destroys his toy, it seems like he is searching for its soul.

Milan Kundera

Milan Kundera

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It's possible that we may not be capable of loving precisely because we desire to be loved, because we want the other person to give us something (love), instead of approaching them without demands and wanting only their mere presence.

José Ortega y Gasset

José Ortega y Gasset

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Infatuation is a state of mental misery in which the life of our consciousness narrows, impoverishes, and paralyzes.