To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.

And what's romance? Usually, a nice little tale where you have everything As You Like It, where rain never wets your jacket and gnats never bite your nose and it's always daisy-time.

Mortal love is when sensuality is satisfied. True love is when love is sacrificed.

Only in a novel are all things given full play.

All hopes of eternity and all gain from the past he would have given to have her there, to be wrapped warm with him in one blanket, and sleep, only sleep. It seemed the sleep with the woman in his arms was the only necessity.

Love is the only weapon we need.