"They start at the wrong end of love. They begin at the climax. Can you wonder why it is so miserable?"

"Son, do you know how love should be begun?" The boy sat small and listening and still. Slowly he shook his head. The old man leaned closer and whispered: "A tree. A rock. A cloud."

"In the town there were two mutes, and they were always together."

"There are the lover and the beloved, but these two come from different countries."

"The value and quality of any love is determined solely by the lover himself."

"A most mediocre person can be the object of a love which is wild, extravagant, and beautiful as the poison lillies of the swamp."

"Love is a joint experience between two persons -- but the fact that it is a joint experience does not mean that it is a similar experience to the two people involved."

"The closest thing to being cared for is to care for someone else."

"It seemed to me pretty plain, that they had more of love than matrimony in them."

"Our pleasures are short, and can only charm at intervals; love is a method of protraction our greatest pleasure."

"Give little love to a child, and you get a great deal back."

"To watch the corn grow, or the blossoms set; to draw hard breath over the plough or spade; to read, to think, to love, to pray, are the things that make men happy."

"Give a little to love a child, and you get a great deal back"

"Women in love are less ashamed than men. They have less to be ashamed of."

"Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage."

"I love to be in front of big galleries."

"I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection"

"I love going out and doing new things."

"I loved the Kennedy Center Honors because you just sit there, smile, wave, and cry."

"I love Maya Rudolph. She's very multitalented herself."

"I love to write. I have always loved writing. That was my first love."

"I love the writing. I love the idea of typing and seeing it on the computer and printing it out myself and, you know, moving sentences around. I like that."

"Perhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different selves that are actively involved in a given relationship."

"For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love."