“Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.”
Iris Murdoch (1919–1999) British writer and philosopher
Source: Nights in Rodanthe
“Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.”
Iris Murdoch (1919–1999) British writer and philosopher
“How does this happen? To fall in love and be disassembled.”
Michael Ondaatje book The English Patient
Source: The English Patient
“Sometimes I think there’s no such thing as falling in love. It’s just the fear of losing someone.”
Jodi Picoult (1966) Author
Source: Leaving Time
“There's no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.”
Christopher Morley (1890–1957) American journalist, novelist, essayist and poet
Variant: There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.
Source: Pipefuls
“A patriot is someone who cares what happens in their country.”
Billy Bragg (1957) English singer-songwriter and left-wing political activist
Spoken during an interview on CBC Radio One on the 17th of November 2006.
Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician
David Levithan book Every Day
Variant: It's one thing to fall in love. It's another to feel someone else fall in love with you, and to feel a responsibility toward that love.
Source: Every Day