“Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime.”

— Bette Davis

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film and television actress from the United States 1908–1989

Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007) American writer

Source: The Joys of Love

“The only way love can last a lifetime is if it's unconditional. The truth is this: love is not determined by the one being loved but rather by the one choosing to love.”

Stephen Kendrick book The Love Dare

Source: The Love Dare

“Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure.”

Tony Benn (1925–2014) British Labour Party politician

“In a love story, always make your significant other happy and create a world, capable of lasting a lifetime.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: In una storia d'amore, rendi sempre felice la tua dolce metà e crea un mondo, capace di durare una vita.
Source: prevale.net

“I want to love, to love heedlessly!
To love for the sake of loving: Here…there…
This one, that other and everyone…
To love! To love! And love no one!
[…]
He who loves someone and says that love’s fire
Can last a lifetime is nothing but a liar!”

Florbela Espanca (1894–1930) Portuguese poet

Eu quero amar, amar perdidamente!
Amar só por amar: aqui... além...
Mais Este e Aquele, o Outro e toda a gente...
Amar! Amar! E não amar ninguém!
[...]
Quem disser que se pode amar alguém
Durante a vida inteira é porque mente!
Citações e Pensamentos de Florbela Espanca (2012), p. 110
Translated by John D. Godinho
The Flowering Heath (1931), "Amar!"

“A lifetime of glory is worth a moment of pain.”

Laura Hillenbrand book Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

Variant: A lifetime of glory is worth a moment of pain. Louie thought: Let go.
Source: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

“Nothing satisfies God but the voluntary sacrifice of love. The pain of Christ gave God no pleasure — only the love that was tested by pain — the love of perfect obedience.”

Frederick William Robertson (1816–1853) British writer and theologian

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 401.

“One moment of pain is worth a lifetime of glory.”

Louis Zamperini (1917–2014) Italian-American middle distance runner

“Knowledge can last, principles can last, habits can last; but feelings come and go… But, of course, ceasing to be "in love" need not mean ceasing to love. Love in this second sense—love as distinct from "being in love"—is not merely a feeling.”

Clive Staples Lewis book Mere Christianity

Book III, Chapter 6, "Christian Marriage"
Mere Christianity (1952)
Context: Being in love is a good thing, but it is not the best thing. There are many things below it, but there are also things above it. You cannot make it the basis of a whole life. It is a noble feeling, but it is still a feeling... Knowledge can last, principles can last, habits can last; but feelings come and go... But, of course, ceasing to be "in love" need not mean ceasing to love. Love in this second sense—love as distinct from "being in love"—is not merely a feeling. It is a deep unity, maintained by the will and deliberately strengthened by habit; reinforced by (in Christian marriages) the grace which both partners ask, and receive, from God... "Being in love" first moved them to promise fidelity: this quieter love enables them to keep the promise. It is on this love that the engine of marriage is run: being in love was the explosion that started it.

“Love changes everything. Days are longer, words mean more. Love changes everything. Pain is deeper than before. Love can turn your world around, and that world will last forever.”

Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948) British composer

“Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime.”

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