One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy,
or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.
?Jean De La Bruyère
Love ceases to be a pleasure,
when it ceases to be a secret.
?Aphra Behn
If it's true that men are such beasts, this must account
for the fact that most women are animal lovers.
?Doris Day
Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers
lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.
?Stephen King
My God, these folks don't know how to
love -- that's why they love so easily.
?D. H. Lawrence
Scratch a lover, and find a foe.
?Dorothy Parker
Children show scars like medals. Lovers use
them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what
happens when the word is made flesh.
?Leonard Cohen
No one worth possessing can be quite possessed.
?Sara Teasdale
You are my lover and I am your mistress
and kingdoms and empires and governments
have tottered and succumbed before
now to that mighty combination.
?Violet Trefusis
