Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.

Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.

Fair and softly goes far.

Fair and softly goes far.

You never find yourself until you face the truth.

You never find yourself until you face the truth.

Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly.

Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly.

Marriage is like a bank account. You put it in, you take it out, you lose interest.

Marriage is like a bank account. You put it in, you take it out, you lose interest.

We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.

We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.

It's not till sex has died out between a man and a woman that they can really love. And now read more

It's not till sex has died out between a man and a woman that they can really love. And now I mean affection. Now I mean to be fond of (as one is fond of oneself) --to hope, to be disappointed, to live inside the other heart. When I look back on the pain of sex, the love like a wild fox so ready to bite, the antagonism that sits like a twin beside love, and contrast it with affection, so deeply unrepeatable, of two people who have lived a life together (and of whom one must die) it's the affection I find richer. It's that I would have again. Not all those doubtful rainbow colors.

The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.

The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.

Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. Its eternal goal is life.

Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. Its eternal goal is life.