Take all my loves, my love, yea, take them all: What hast thou then more than thou hadst before? No love, my love, that thou mayst true love call— All mine was thine before thou …
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“Sonnet 40”
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“Sonnet 65”
Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea But sad mortality o’er-sways their power, How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea, Whose action is no stronger than a flower? O, how shall …
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Quote – Oscar Wilde
The essence of romance is uncertainty. – Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
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Quote – Edna St. Vincent Millay
I have loved badly, loved the great Too soon, withdrawn my words too late; And eaten in an echoing hall Alone and from a chipped plate The words that I withdrew too late. – Edna …
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“Idylls of the King”
…but, friend, to me He is all fault who hath no fault at all: For who loves me must have a touch of earth. – Alfred Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King, “Elaine”
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“In Memoriam”
I hold it true, whatever befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; ‘Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. – Alfred Lord Tennyson, “In Memoriam”, Part XXVII
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“Sonnet 116”
Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments; Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove: O, no, it is an ever-fixed mark, …
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Quote – Shakespeare
My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep; The more I give to you, the more I have, For both are infinite. – William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
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Quote – Salman Rushdie
Love does not conquer all, except in Bombay Talkies; rip tear crunch will not be defeated by a mere ceremony; and optimism is a disease. – Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children
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Quote – Leo Buscaglia
Perfect love is rare indeed — for to be a lover will require that you continually have the subtlety of the very wise, the flexibility of the child, the sensitivity of the artist, the understanding …
