“I love for the sake of what I have loved, and what I have loved I would not go back to loving.”

“I was not yet in love, yet I loved to love…I sought what I might love, in love with loving.”
Nondum amabam, et amare amabam...quaerebam quid amarem, amans amare.

“What I love I destroy. What I destroy, I love.”

“I was looking for joy
Yes, yes, yes, yes
When I was little bitty boy
If I would have known what makes a world go 'round
I would have known what goes up must come down
If you love me like I love you
Mademoiselle, je vous aime, voulez-vous?”

“I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.”

“I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out.”

“If I stopped loving Him, I would cease to believe in His love. If I loved God, then I would believe in His love for me. It's not enough to need it. We have to love first, and I don't know how. But I need it, how I need it.”

“I love you, and because I love you I believe in you. But if I did not believe, still should I love. Had you come back for me, and had there been no other way, I would have gone into the jungle with you - forever.”

“I know what they said even if they would not say it to my face. People love to talk. They love to slander you if you have any substance. They say I love nothing but money and the Presbyterian Church and that is why I never married.”

“I would rather be hated for what I am, then loved for what I am not.”