“Never permit the flames of love and desire char you beyond recognition.”

“Like a moth to a flame
Burned by the fire.
My love is blind
Can't you see my desire?”

“You burn with the flames of desire for someone that doesn’t notice or pay attention. Your love affair has not even begun and the flames are now burning into your soul. You can douse the flames; you must first walk away. Only then can you be transformed.”

“Love can change us beyond recognition, we become love-sick, soft-eyed jelly-bellied fools.”

“You have never loved me as I love you--never--never! Yours is not a passionate heart--your heart does not burn in a flame! You are, upon the whole, a sort of fay, or sprite-- not a woman!”

“I desired you before, but I never loved you until this life.”

“You try as a parent. You love beyond reason. You fight beyond endurance. You hope beyond despair.
You never think, until the very last moment, that it still might not be enough.”

“Is it permitted to differ with Kierkegaard?
—Not only permitted but necessary. If you love him.”

“What a mistake rage is! anger should never go beyond a sneer, if it really desires revenge.”

“Never complain about what you permit.”