“I have loved women even to madness, but I have always loved liberty better.”

“Liberty and love
These two I must have.
For my love I’ll sacrifice
My life.
For liberty I’ll sacrifice
My love.”

Sándor Petöfi (1823–1849) Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary

“My heart belongs to you,' He promised.
'Would you have loved me when I was a girl?'
'I have always loved you. Even before I met you I loved the idea of you.”

Isobelle Carmody book Greylands

“For I have never wanted a lover, but I have always wanted to love, and to be loved.”

David Levithan The Lover's Dictionary

“And the answer is yes. I have loved you. I always have, and I always will.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Princess

“There have been women I have loved … A lot, as discreetly as possible.”

Jacques Chirac (1932–2019) 22nd President of France

“I know you. I know this isn't you. And even if it is, I still love you. As much as I always have. You will always be mine. I will always love you, I promised you that when you left, and it's true now.”

Melissa de la Cruz (1971) American writer

“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

“I certify to Your Highnesses that in the world I believe that there are no better people nor better land. They love their neighbors as themselves, and have a speech that is sweetest in the world, and mild and always laughing.”

Cristoforo Colombo (1451–1506) Explorer, navigator, and colonizer

“I have not always loved wisely, but I was young.”

Brigitte Bardot (1934) French model, actor, singer and animal rights activist