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The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the person one loves.

Quote by Albert Camus about opinion, love, people

Romantic lovers require from each other at least the facade of reason: We desire to be what romantic love makes us appear in the other's eyes. We want to imagine we are deserving of the love we inspire.

Quote by Maggie Gallagher about eyes, love, reason

There are those who have a desire to love, but do not...

There are those who have a desire to love, but do not have the capacity to love.

Quote by Giovanni Papini about love

Competitive skaters must be prepared for lots of work, challenges, self-discipline, and motivation. The desire must be there, but more importantly, you're love for the sport.

Quote by Oksana Baiul about motivation, sport, self-control, work, love, contentment

Love is simply the name for the desire and the pursuit of...

Love is simply the name for the desire and the pursuit of the whole.

Quote by Aristophanes about love, name

Yes, love indeed is light from heaven; A spark of that...

Yes, love indeed is light from heaven; A spark of that immortal fire with angels shared, by Allah given to lift from earth our low desire.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about immortality, angels, earth, light, fire, fire brigade, love

The diligent scholar is he that loves himself, and...

The diligent scholar is he that loves himself, and desires to have reason to applaud and love himself.

Quote by William Godwin about reason, love

Love (understood as the desire of good for another) is in fact so unnatural a phenomenon that it can scarcely repeat itself, the soul being unable to become virgin again and not having energy enough to cast itself out again into the ocean of...

Quote by James Joyce about soul, being, good, good luck, love

One of the most beautiful passages of Rousseau is that in the sixth book of Confessions, where he describes the awakening in him of the literary sense. Of such wisdom, the poetic passion, the desire of beauty, the love of art for its own sake, has...

Quote by Walter Pater about beauty, literary critic, common sense, sense, wisdom, art, magic, love

Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.

Quote by Bertrand Russell about love, solitude, sex, man

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

Quote by Robert Frost about love

The angel of the Family is Woman. Mother, wife, or sister, Woman is the caress of life, the soothing sweetness of affection shed over its toils, a reflection for the individual of the loving providence which watches over Humanity. In her there is...

Quote by Giuseppe Mazzini about woman, kiss, faith, family, children, future, mother, affection, treasure, symbol

A fine world in which man reproaches woman with...

A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!

Quote by Karl Kraus about love, woman, heart, world, man

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