“Love is large; love defies limits. People talk about the sanctity of love -- love is by definition sacred. Not some love between some people, but all love between all people.”

“Love is a great thing. It is not by chance that in all times and practically among all cultured peoples love in the general sense and the love of a man for his wife are both called love. If love is often cruel or destructive, the reason lies not in love itself, but in the inequality between people.”

Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) Russian dramatist, author and physician

“Some people fall in love and touch the sky. Some people fall in love and find quicksand.”

Brandon Boyd (1976) American rock singer, writer and visual artist

“Some fish love to swim upstream. Some people love to overcome challenges.”

Amit Ray (1960) Indian author

“About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.”

Rita Mae Brown (1944) Novelist, poet, screenwriter, activist

“Borges said there are only four stories to tell: a love story between two people, a love story between three people, the struggle for power and the voyage. All of us writers rewrite these same stories ad infinitum.”

Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist

“To love one's work is a way of loving oneself, and leaves one freer to love other people.
But beware the difference between loving one's work and being merely engrossed in it.”

Susan Sontag (1933–2004) American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist

“Some white people hate black people, and some white people love black people, some black people hate white people, and some black people love white people. So you see it's not an issue of black and white, it's an issue of Lovers and Haters.”

Eden ahbez (1908–1995) American songwriter and recording artist

“A profound love between two people involves, after all, the power and chance of doing profound hurt.”

Ursula K. Le Guin Hainish Cycle

“There is no inherent irreconcilability between love and coercion, but rather the reverse; under some circumstances love ceases to be love if it fails to use moral means of restraint.”

Kirby Page (1890–1957) American clergyman