Love and romantic quotes

— Elizabeth Aston English writer 1948 - 2016

Source: The Exploits & Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy

„The whole world will smile at you when your heart is peaceful and your mind is clean. When you can smile at yourself, not a single trouble in the world will affect you. When you are sincere to yourself, no one in the world can deceive you.“

— Jun Hong Lu Australian Buddhist leader 1959

Malaysia, (28 August 2017)[citation needed].

„The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.“

— Benjamin Disraeli British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister 1804 - 1881

„The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.“

— Benjamin Disraeli British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister 1804 - 1881

Book 4, chapter 1. Often misquoted as "The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can never end".
Books, Coningsby (1844), Henrietta Temple (1837)

„You are, and always have been, my dream.“

— Nicholas Sparks, book The Notebook

Source: The Notebook

„We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.“

— Orson Welles American actor, director, writer and producer 1915 - 1985

„It's one thing to fall in love. It's another to feel someone else falling in love with you, and to feel a responsibility toward that love.“

— 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

„I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.“

— C.G. Jung Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology 1875 - 1961

Variant: I am not what happens to me. I choose who I become.

„Women were created from the rib of man to be beside him, not from his head to top him, nor from his feet to be trampled by him, but from under his arm to be protected by him, near to his heart to be loved by him.“

— Matthew Henry Theologician from Wales 1662 - 1714

Source: An Exposition of the Old and New Testament

„I love and hate technology.
Texting or emailing is one step away from true and real communication.
What happened to people and their communication skills?“

— Stephie Pahlavi Zan

„I believe in equal rights for everyone. I think God loves all“

— Harry Styles English singer, songwriter, and actor 1994

Twitter response to anti-gay religious group Westboro Baptist Church picketing a One Direction concert (19 July 2013) https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/westboro-baptist-church-one-direction_n_3634663
Context: Despite the company outside, I believe in equal rights for everyone. I think God loves all. Thanks for coming to the show though.

„The results are something I can't control, so I can't say 'damnit, I didn't place in the top three today.' I can't control any of that. I just skate. And my goal was to show my heart, to take them on a journey with me so they can feel me.“

— Johnny Weir figure skater 1984

Source: ; On scoring

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„I want so obviously, so desperately to be loved, and to be capable of love. I am still so naive; I know pretty much what I like and dislike; but please don’t ask me who I am. A passionate fragmentary girl, maybe?“

— Sylvia Plath, book The unabridged journals of Sylvia Plath

„Explaining that I'm faced with a choice between being with the love of my life, or saving four lives that were never meant to end.“

— Alyson Nöel, book Blue Moon

Source: Blue Moon

„England does not love coalitions.“

— Benjamin Disraeli British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister 1804 - 1881

Speech http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1852/dec/16/ways-and-means-financial-statement in the House of Commons (16 December 1852).
1850s
Context: Yes! I know what I have to face. I have to face a coalition. The combination may be successful. A coalition has before this been successful. But coalitions, although successful, have always found this, that their triumph has been brief. This too I know, that England does not love coalitions.

„I had to wait for someone special. Someone who would make my heart feel as if it's been trampled by elephants, thrown into the amazon, and eaten by piranhas.“

— Lisa Kleypas American writer 1964

Source: Love in the Afternoon