Mysterious love, uncertain treasure,
Hast thou more of pain or pleasure!
. . . .
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Mysterious love, uncertain treasure,
Hast thou more of pain or pleasure!
. . . .
Endless torments dwell above thee:
Yet who would live, and live without thee!

After another moment's silence, she mumbled that I was peculiar, that that was probably why she loved me but that read more

After another moment's silence, she mumbled that I was peculiar, that that was probably why she loved me but that one day I might disgust her for the very same reason.

Love may conquer all, but it needs time as its field general.

Love may conquer all, but it needs time as its field general.

Bid me to love, and I will give a loving heart to thee.

Bid me to love, and I will give a loving heart to thee.

I am two fools, I know, for loving and saying so.

I am two fools, I know, for loving and saying so.

To fall in love is easy, even to remain in it is not difficult; our human loneliness is cause enough. read more

To fall in love is easy, even to remain in it is not difficult; our human loneliness is cause enough. But it is a hard quest worth making to find a comrade through whose steady presence one becomes steadily the person one desires to be.

Any time not spent on love is wasted.

Any time not spent on love is wasted.

Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life.

Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life.

I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved.

I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved.