"The quantity of civilization is measured by the quality of imagination."

"Love is like a tree, it grows of its own accord, it puts down deep roots into our whole being."

"If a writer wrote merely for his time, I would have to break my pen and throw it away."

"If suffer we must, let's suffer on the heights."

"To love another person is to see the face of God."

"The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved."

"There's a lot to be said for self-delusionment when it comes to matters of the heart."

"Is love supposed to last throughout all time, or is it like trains changing at random stops. If I loved her, how could I leave her? If I felt that way then, how come I don't feel anything now?"

"He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object beloved, drawing from it with his eyes and his mind those virtues which it possesses."

"Just because you love someone doesn't mean you have to be involved with them. Love is not a bandage to cover wounds."

"All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon sand."

"Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke."