Quotes about lovers

„It is common opinion among us in regard to beauty and wisdom that there is an honourable and a shameful way of bestowing them. For to offer one’s beauty for money to all comers is called prostitution; but we think it virtuous to become friendly with a lover who is known to be a man of honour. So is it with wisdom. Those who offer it to all comers for money are known as sophists, prostitutors of wisdom.“

—  Xenophon ancient Greek historian and philosopher -430 - -354 BC

Words spoken by Socrates to Antiphon in Memorabilia, 1.6.11.

„When the bride is one
with her lover,
who cares about
the wedding party?“

—  Kabir Indian mystic poet 1440 - 1518

Azfar Hussain translations

„My lover's gone off to some foreign country, sopping wet at our doorway
I watch the clouds rupture.
Mira says, nothing can harm him.
This passion has yet to be slaked.“

—  Meera Bai Hindu mystic poet

Mīrābāī, in For love of the Dark One: songs of Mirabai http://books.google.co.in/books?id=oLFjAAAAMAAJ, p. 55

„Be a lover of the world, it is the only way to survive in it.“

—  Janosch German author 1931

„Of these the first is "melting," which is opposed to freezing. For things that are frozen, are closely bound together, so as to be hard to pierce. But it belongs to love that the appetite is fitted to receive the good which is loved, inasmuch as the object loved is in the lover…Consequently the freezing or hardening of the heart is a disposition incompatible with love: while melting denotes a softening of the heart, whereby the heart shows itself to be ready for the entrance of the beloved.“

—  Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica

I-II, q. 28, art. 5
Summa Theologica (1265–1274)
Context: it is to be observed that four proximate effects may be ascribed to love: viz. melting, enjoyment, languor, and fervor. Of these the first is "melting," which is opposed to freezing. For things that are frozen, are closely bound together, so as to be hard to pierce. But it belongs to love that the appetite is fitted to receive the good which is loved, inasmuch as the object loved is in the lover... Consequently the freezing or hardening of the heart is a disposition incompatible with love: while melting denotes a softening of the heart, whereby the heart shows itself to be ready for the entrance of the beloved.

„Our imagination is struck only by what is great; but the lover of natural philosophy should reflect equally on little things.“

—  Alexander von Humboldt Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer 1769 - 1859

Equinoctial Regions of America (1814-1829)

„Consciousness expresses itself through creation. This world we live in is the dance of the Creator. Dancers come and go in the twinkling of an eye but the dance lives on. On many an occasion when I am dancing, I have felt touched by something sacred. In those moments, I felt my spirit soar and become one with everything that exists. I become the stars and the moon. I become the lover and the beloved. I become the victor and the vanquished. I become the master and the slave. I become the singer and the song. I become the knower and the known. I keep on dancing and then, it is the eternal dance of creation. The Creator and the creation merge into one wholeness of joy. I keep on dancing — until there is only … the dance.“

—  Michael Jackson American singer, songwriter and dancer 1958 - 2009

"The Dance" - from inlay sleeve of Dangerous (1991)

„What you most want,
what you travel around wishing to find,
lose yourself as lovers lose themselves,
and you'll be that.“

—  Attar of Nishapur Persian Sufi poet 1145 - 1230

"Looking For Your Own Face" as translated by Coleman Barks in The Hand of Poetry: Five Mystic Poets of Persia
Context: Don't be dead or asleep or awake.
Don't be anything.
What you most want,
what you travel around wishing to find,
lose yourself as lovers lose themselves,
and you'll be that.

„Take a lover who looks at you like maybe you are magic.“

—  Frida Kahlo Mexican painter 1907 - 1954

Variant: Take a lover who looks at you like maybe you are a bourbon biscuit.

„I've been an animal lover my whole life and I consider myself environmentalist, and often the two subjects come together.“

—  Jorja Fox American actress 1968

“ ADI Jorja Fox press conference, Austin Texas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwUa6kweniM,” interview with Animal Defenders International (14 July 2008).

„Have you ever fed a lover
With just your hands?
Close your eyes and trust it, just trust it.
Have you ever thrown
A fist full of glitter in the air?
Have you ever looked fear in the face,
And said I just don't care?“

—  Pink (singer) American singer-songwriter 1979

Glitter in the Air, written by Pink, Billy Mann and Michele Mears
Song lyrics, Funhouse (2008)

„This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too. And baby, I hate to say it, most of them - actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can't give up because if you give up, you'll never find your soulmate. You'll never find that half who makes you whole and that goes for everything. Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.“

—  Marilyn Monroe American actress, model, and singer 1926 - 1962

„I want to be your lover
But your friend is all I've stayed.
I'm only halfway to paradise,
So near, yet so far away.“

—  Carole King Nasa 1942

Halfway to Paradise (1961), co-written with Gerry Goffin, first recorded by Tony Orlando, later by Billy Fury
Song lyrics, Singles

„Yeah I love my baby, heart and soul
Love like ours won't never grow old
She's my sweet little thang, she's my pride and joy
She's my sweet little baby, I'm her little lover boy“

—  Stevie Ray Vaughan American guitarist, songwriter and recording artist 1954 - 1990

"Pride and Joy"
Song lyrics

„Billie Jean is not my lover,
She's just a girl who claims that I am the one,
But the kid is not my son.“

—  Michael Jackson American singer, songwriter and dancer 1958 - 2009

Billie Jean
Thriller (1982)

„Yes, I am a Free Lover. I have an inalienable, constitutional and natural right to love whom I may, to love as long or as short a period as I can; to change that love every day if I please, and with that right neither you nor any law you can frame have any right to interfere.“

—  Victoria Woodhull American suffragist 1838 - 1927

Speech at Steinway Hall http://www.victoria-woodhull.com/prostitute.htm (November 20, 1871), New York City, New York.

„The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space.“

—  Marilyn Monroe American actress, model, and singer 1926 - 1962

„Music has been my outlet, my gift to all of the lovers in this world. Through it — my music, I know I will live forever.“

—  Michael Jackson American singer, songwriter and dancer 1958 - 2009

On his musical work
Ebony interview (2007)

„I like to be with my partner in the bed, to ride my Norton - and maybe it doesn't like me, and that's why I'm on the floor so often -, to play sports, to be with my friends and chat. And nature. It's wonderful to be lost in the desert, or between the waves over a surf board. I'm a life lover.“

—  Keanu Reeves Canadian actor, director, producer and musician 1964

March 1995 http://www.whoaisnotme.net/articles/1995_03xx_int.htm