Pablo Neruda: Quotes about love

“I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.”

“I can write the saddest poem of all tonight. I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too.”

“If nothing saves us from death, at least love should save us from life”

“But I love your feet
only because they walked
upon the earth and upon
the wind and upon the waters,
until they found me.”

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where,
I love you simply, without problems or pride:
I love you in this way because I don’t know any other way of loving.”

“Love! Love until the night collapses!”

“Let us forget with generosity those who cannot love us”

“I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.”
— Pablo Neruda
From 100 Love Sonnets
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“It is time, love, to break off that sombre rose,
shut up the stars and bury the ash in the earth;
and, in the rising of the light, wake with those who awoke
or go on in the dream, reaching the other shore of the sea which has no other shore.”

“You are like nobody since I love you.”

“Love is the mystery of water and a star.”

“I love all things, not only the grand but the infinitely small: thimble, spurs, plates, flower vases…..”

“I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;”

“It was my destiny to love and say goodbye.”

“By night, Love, tie your heart to mine, and the two
together in their sleep will defeat the darkness”

“About me, nothing worse they will tell you, my love, than what I told you”

“Where were you then?
Who else was there?
Saying what?
Why will the whole of love come on me suddenly
when I am sad and feel you are far away?”

“In love, you have loosened yourself like seawater”

“Do thoughts of love fall
into extinct volcanoes?”