„Ah, cruel 'tis to love,
And cruel not to love,
But cruelest of all
To love and love in vain.“
— Anacreonte, Odes, XXIX. (XXVII.), 1.
Anacreonte
-570 - -485 a.C.Citações relacionadas
„It's all for love... With the love, L. O. V. E.“
— Michael Jackson American singer, songwriter and dancer 1958 - 2009
Note: The two lines are from different parts of the film;the quotes were edited together on the trailer as "It's all for love, L.O.V.E."
„Love that stammers, that stutters, is apt to be the love that loves best.“
— Gabriela Mistral Chilean poet-diplomat, writer, educator and feminist. 1889 - 1957
„I'm tired of living unable to love anyone. I don't have a single friend - not one. And, worst of all, I can't even love myself. Why is that? Why can't I love myself? It's because I can't love anyone else. A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someone else. Do you understand what I am saying? A person who is incapable of loving another cannot properly love himself.“
— Haruki Murakami, 1Q84
„My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But, ah, my foes, and, oh, my friends —
It gives a lovely light.“
— Edna St. Vincent Millay, A Few Figs from Thistles
"First Fig" from A Few Figs from Thistles (1920)
„I am that clumsy human, always loving, loving, loving. And loving. And never leaving.“
— Frida Kahlo Mexican painter 1907 - 1954
„Love me sweet
With all thou art
Feeling, thinking, seeing;
Love me in the Lightest part,
Love me in full Being.“
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning English poet, author 1806 - 1861
„But to see her was to love her,
Love but her, and love forever.“
— Robert Burns Scottish poet and lyricist 1759 - 1796
„The Source is God, who is all Love.“
— Sri Chinmoy Indian writer and guru 1931 - 2007
Context: Life is nothing but the expansion of love. We can cultivate divine love by entering into the Source. The Source is God, who is all Love.
„We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community.“
— Dorothy Day, The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist
The Long Loneliness (1952), p. 286
„All your life, you will be faced with a choice. You can choose love or hate…I choose love.“
— Johnny Cash American singer-songwriter 1932 - 2003
„I can write the saddest poem of all tonight. I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too.“
— Pablo Neruda Chilean poet 1904 - 1973
„People love mystery, and that is why they love my paintings.“
— Salvador Dalí Spanish artist 1904 - 1989