Love Literature Quotes

• I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.

  Charles Dickens

  Romantic Love, Expectations, Promise

  1860-1 Great Expectations, ch.29.

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  Do I love you? My God, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches.

  William Goldman

  Love, Beach, Soulmate

  William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.47, A&C Black

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• Love is not breathlessness; It is not excitement; It is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being “in love”, which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident.

  Louis de Bernieres

  Romantic, Sad Love, Art

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• It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Inspirational, Sweet Love, Book

  Le Petit Prince ch. 21 (1943)

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• Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.

  Nicole Krauss

  Love, Cute, Romantic

  Nicole Krauss (2006). “The History of Love: A Novel”, p.11, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain and sickness it would still be dear.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Love, Romantic, Pain

  Charlotte Bronte (2009). “Jane Eyre: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.135, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.

  Emily Bronte

  Love, Romantic, Anniversary

  Wuthering Heights ch. 9 (1847)

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  And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Le Petit Prince ch. 21 (1943)

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• The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you.

  Rumi

  Anniversary, Marriage, Valentines Day

  Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi, “Untitled”

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• If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.

  A. A. Milne

  Love, Friendship, Birthday

  "Winnie-the-Pooh: The House at Pooh Corner". Book by A. A. Milne, 1928.

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• Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides.

  Louis de Bernieres

  Sad Love, Love Is, Literature History

  FaceBook post by Louis de Bernieres from Dec 18, 2011

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• Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being in love which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident.

  Saint Augustine

  Love, Art, Passion

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• If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.

  Emily Bronte

  Love, Romantic, Passion

  'Wuthering Heights' (1847) ch. 9

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• He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Inspirational, Romantic, Long

  "Anna Karenina". Novel by Leo Tolstoy. Part 1, Chapter 9, 1878.

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• The course of true love never did run smooth.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Life, Summer

  'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (1595-6) act 1, sc. 1, l. 132

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• Soul meets soul on lovers' lips.

  Percy Bysshe Shelley

  Love, Life, Romantic

  Percy Bysshe Shelley (1820). “Prometheus Unbound: A Lyrical Drama in Four Acts with Other Poems”, p.146

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• You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you.

  Jane Austen

  Love, Romantic, Pregnancy

  Jane Austen (2013). “Jane Austen on Love and Romance”, p.35, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight.

  Vladimir Nabokov

  Love, Valentines Day, Sight

  Vladimir Nabokov (2016). “Lolita”, p.149, Hamilton Books

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• In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.

  Jane Austen

  Love, Romantic, Funny Relationship

  Jane Austen (1819). “Pride and Prejudice: A Novel”, p.123

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• Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Boyfriend, Valentines Day

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. [115]

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• He doesn't love you. But I love you. I want you to have your own thoughts and ideas and feelings, even when I hold you in my arms.

  Willis George Emerson

  I Love You, Romantic Love, Ideas

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• When you fall in love, it is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake, and then it subsides. And when it subsides, you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots are become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part.

  Louis de Bernieres

  Love, Romantic, Marriage

  "Fictional character: Iannis". "Captain Corelli's Mandolin", www.imdb.com. 2001.

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• You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I'm grateful.

  John Green

  Life, Stars, Grateful

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.148, Penguin

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• As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.

  John Green

  Love, Romantic, Stars

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.75, Penguin

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• Each time you happen to me all over again.

  Edith Wharton

  Love, Romantic, Happens

  Edith Wharton (2015). “Age of Innocence”, p.81, Oxford University Press

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