You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my read more

You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long.

There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only read more

There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.

To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven.

To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven.

There isn't any formula or method. You learn to love by loving - by paying attention and doing what one read more

There isn't any formula or method. You learn to love by loving - by paying attention and doing what one thereby discovers has to be done.

Every theory of love, from Plato down, teaches that each individual loves in the other sex what he lacks in read more

Every theory of love, from Plato down, teaches that each individual loves in the other sex what he lacks in himself.

The more familiar two people become, the more the language they speak together departs from that of the ordinary, dictionary-defined read more

The more familiar two people become, the more the language they speak together departs from that of the ordinary, dictionary-defined discourse. Familiarity creates a new language, an in-house language of intimacy that carries reference to the story the two lovers are weaving together and that cannot be readily understood by others.

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

Speak to me of love,
said St Francis to
the almond tree,
and the tree blossomed.

Speak to me of love,
said St Francis to
the almond tree,
and the tree blossomed.

Trying to make someone fall in love with you is about as pointless as trying to control who you fall read more

Trying to make someone fall in love with you is about as pointless as trying to control who you fall in love with.