Quotes about love and making love

„As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.“

— H.L. Mencken, On Politics: A Carnival of Buncombe

„If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.“

— James Herriot, All Creatures Great and Small

„I am that clumsy human, always loving, loving, loving. And loving. And never leaving.“

— Frida Kahlo Mexican painter 1907 - 1954

„We grow up hungry for love, and in ways so deep as to remain unexpressed we long for our Maker to love us.“

— Philip Yancey, What's So Amazing About Grace?

„Love which is not humble is a devil.“

— John of St. Samson 1571 - 1636

„Thinking more of others’ happiness than of her own was very fine; but did it not mean giving up her very individuality, quenching all the warm love, the true desires, that made her herself? Yet in this deadness lay her only comfort; so it seemed.“

— Elizabeth Gaskell novelist 1810 - 1865
Wives and Daughters, ch. 11

„This is what my soul is telling me: be peaceful and love everyone.“

— Malala Yousafzai Pakistani children's education activist 1997
Context: Even if there was a gun in my hand and he was standing in front of me, I would not shoot him. This is the compassion I have learned from Mohamed, the prophet of mercy, Jesus Christ and Lord Buddha. This the legacy of change I have inherited from Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela and Mohammed Ali Jinnah. This is the philosophy of nonviolence that I have learned from Gandhi, Bacha Khan and Mother Teresa. And this is the forgiveness that I have learned from my father and from my mother. This is what my soul is telling me: be peaceful and love everyone.

„When I fall in love, it will be forever.“

— Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility: The Screenplay

„Whoever worships the gods in good faith, loves their priests too.“

— Statius Roman poet of the 1st century AD (Silver Age of Latin literature) 40 - 96
Preface, line 10

„What happens when people open their hearts?"
"They get better.“

— Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

„And they say
She's in the Class A Team.
Stuck in her daydream,
Been this way since 18.
But lately her face seems
Slowly sinking, wasting,
Crumbling like pastries.
And they scream
The worst things in life come free to us.
Cos we're just under the upperhand
And go mad for a couple of grams.
And she don't want to go outside tonight.
And in a pipe she flies to the Motherland
Or sells love to another man.
It's too cold outside
For angels to fly;
Angels to fly.“

— Ed Sheeran English singer-songwriter and producer 1991
The A Team.

„That's you now, hello, ciao.
Seems that life is great now.
See me lose focus, as I sing to you loud.
I can't, no, I won't hush.
I'll say the words that make you blush.
I'm gonna sing this now.
See, I'm true, my songs are where my heart is.“

— Ed Sheeran English singer-songwriter and producer 1991
You Need Me, I Don't Need You.

„Give me love, like her
Cos lately I've been waking up alone.
The pain splatters teardrops on my shirt.
I told you I'd let them go.“

— Ed Sheeran English singer-songwriter and producer 1991
Give Me Love, written with Jake Gosling and Chris Leonard.

„I'm out of sight, I'm out of mind
I'll do it all for you in time
And out of all these things I've done I think I love you better now.“

— Ed Sheeran English singer-songwriter and producer 1991
Lego House, written with Jake Gosling and Chris Leonard.

„Cause maybe you're loveable.
Maybe you're my snowflake.
And your eyes turn from green to gray.
And in the winter I'll hold you in a cold place.
And you should never cut your hair,
'Cause I love the way you flick it off your shoulder.And you will never know
Just how beautiful you are to me.
But maybe I'm just in love
When you wake me up.“

— Ed Sheeran English singer-songwriter and producer 1991
Wake Me Up, written with Jake Gosling

„If I am the phantom, it is because man's hatred has made me so. If I am to be saved it is because your love redeems me.“

— Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

Today anniversaries

Tim Burton43

American filmmaker 1958