Quotes about love and making love

„The boy never cried again, and he never forgot what he'd learned: that to love is to destroy, and that to be loved is to be the one destroyed.“

—  Cassandra Clare, book City of Bones

Source: City of Bones

„I wish I had no heart, it aches so…“

—  Louisa May Alcott, book Little Women

Source: Little Women

„An individual who has reached the stage of self-esteem almost always makes a sound and rational decision. He or she always sets a reachable yet challenging goal in his or her endeavour. When the endeavour results in a success, his or her self-concept will increase or widen.“

—  Sukavich Rangsitpol Thai politician 1935

Education helps reduce social problems and improves quality of life

„The reflective teacher makes the learners decide for themselves and ensures that the decision is sound and reasonable. He or she asks a lot of questions for the learners to carry out self-assessment.“

—  Sukavich Rangsitpol Thai politician 1935

Teacher

„The objective of education reform is to creat learning individual, organization, and society. An educated person or the authentic learning outcome should possess the following abilities and characteristics which are based on Thai cultural heritage and appropriate level of education: good physical and mental health, critical thinking, intellectual inquisitiveness, professionalism, sense of responsibility, honesty, selfsacrifice, perseverance, team spirit, adherence to democracy, and love for King, Country and Religion.“

—  Sukavich Rangsitpol Thai politician 1935

The Reason and the objective of Education Reform

„Conservatives are fond of telling us what a wonderful, happy, prosperous nation this is. The only thing that matches their love of country is the remarkable indifference they show toward the people who live in it.“

—  Michael Parenti American academic 1933

1 POLITICS AND ISSUES, Hidden Holocaust,USA, p. 2
Dirty truths (1996), first edition

„You can close your eyes to the things you don't want to see, but you can't close your heart to the things you don't want to feel.“

—  Johnny Depp American actor, film producer, and musician 1963

Also attributed to Chester Bennington (singer of Linkin Park)

„Pluck up your hearts, since fate still rests our friend.“

—  Christopher Marlowe English dramatist, poet and translator 1564 - 1593

Aeneas, Act I, scene i, line 149
Dido (c. 1586)

„We need, in a special way, to work twice as hard to make all people understand that animals are fellow creatures, that we must protect them and love them as we love ourselves… The basis for peace is respecting all creatures… That's the basis, the beginning for peace. …We know we cannot defend or be kind to animals until we stop exploiting them - exploiting them in the name of science, exploiting animals in the name of sport, exploiting animals in the name of fashion, and yes, exploiting animals in the name of food.“

—  Cesar Chavez American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist 1927 - 1993

Accepting a Lifetime Achievement Award from In Defense of Animals in 1992.

„Your true passion should feel like breathing; it’s that natural.“

—  Oprah Winfrey American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist 1954

„I just wanna lay my head on your chest, so I'm as close as it gets to your heart We can fall apart, start over again“

—  Lil Peep American rapper 1996 - 2017

Song We Think Too Much, Album: Hellboy

„I don't sing my mother tongue
No, this is not a love song“

—  Till Lindemann German industrial metal musician 1963

"Amerika"
Reise, Reise (2004)

„Gay marriage is legal in 6 states, but having sex with a horse is legal in 23 states. Good job, America.“

—  Jim Carrey Canadian-American actor, comedian, and producer 1962

„Democracy is a con game. It’s a word invented to placate people to make them accept a given institution. All institutions sing, ‘We are free.’ The minute you hear ‘freedom’ and ‘democracy’, watch out… because in a truly free nation, no one has to tell you you’re free.“

—  Jacque Fresco American futurist and self-described social engineer 1916 - 2017

„If your head tells you one thing and your heart tells you another, before you do anything, you should first decide whether you have a better head or a better heart.“

—  Marilyn vos Savant US American magazine columnist, author and lecturer 1946

As quoted in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women (1998) by Autumn Stephens, p. 270

„I believe that love--not imitation--is the sincerest form of flattery. Your imitator thinks that you can be duplicated; your lover knows you can't.“

—  Marilyn vos Savant US American magazine columnist, author and lecturer 1946

„Magic exists. Who can doubt it, when there are rainbows and wildflowers, the music of the wind and the silence of the stars? Anyone who has loved has been touched by magic. It is such a simple and such an extraordinary part of the lives we live.“

—  Nora Roberts American romance writer 1950

„Will of God.. whatever you wanna call it.. you call it Jesus, call it Mohammed, call it goobybob, call it nuclear mind, call it blow the world up, call it your heart. Whatever you wanna call it, it's still music to me. It's there. It's the will of life.“

—  Charles Manson American criminal and musician 1934 - 2017

Interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4Xw5Dc_vWs by Geraldo Rivera (1981)

„Close your eyes and I'll kiss you, Tomorrow I'll miss you.“

—  Paul McCartney English singer-songwriter and composer 1942