“Love me!… Why?”

“She's so in love with me, she doesn't know anything. That's why she's in love with me.”

Groucho Marx (1890–1977) American comedian

“She looked at me like I was crazy. Most of my lovers do, and that's partly why they love me, and partly why they leave”

Jeanette Winterson (1959) English writer

“She looked at me like I was crazy. Most of my lovers do, and that's partly why they love me, and partly why they leave”

Neal Stephenson (1959) American science fiction writer

“Tell me why, must I fall in love with you?”

Eric Clapton (1945) English musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist

“I challenge you, instead of asking with an attitude of doubt, “If the Universe or God loved me, why would this bad thing have happened or be happening?” ask with an attitude of curiosity “Assuming the Universe or God loves me, why did this thing happen or why is it happening?””

Teal Swan (1984) American spiritual teacher

“Which brings me to the question of why we always 'fall' in love. One falls down steps, off ladders, into rivers and down mountains. If love is so wonderful, why don't we soar in love or climb in love?”

Judith McNaught (1944) American writer

“You're mean to me
Why must you be mean to me?
Gee, honey, it seems to me
You love to see me cryin”

Roy Turk (1892–1934) American songwriter

“You gave me the key to your heart, my love, then why did you make me knock?”

George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement

“Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love,
But - why did you kick me downstairs?”

Isaac Bickerstaffe (1733–1812) Irish playwright and librettist