“Unrequited love is bad, but unrequitable love can really get you down.”
Sam Savage book Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife
Source: Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife
“… the invincible power that has moved the world is unrequited, not happy love”
Variant: I became aware that the invincible power that has moved the world is unrequited, not happy, love.
Source: Memories of My Melancholy Whores
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Colombian writer 1927–2014Related quotes
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