Love Quotes from Literature

Love, though said to be afflicted with blindness, is a vigilant watchman. ~ Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens Yet, though love is thus an end in itself, it must be believed to be the means to another end if it is to assume the rosy hues of an unalloyed pleasure. ~ Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy He spoke wistfully of a sudden leaving, a breaking of old ties, a flight into a strange world, ending in this dreary valley, and Ettie listened, her dark eyes gleaming with pity and with sympathy - those two qualities which may turn so rapidly and so naturally to love. ~ The Valley of Fear by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need - a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends, worth the name, someone to love and someone to love you, a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a little more than enough to drink; for thirst is a dangerous thing. ~ Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome "There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel." ~ Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return. ~ Daniel Deronda by George Eliot A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections. ~ Daniel Deronda by George Eliot But the disparaging of those we love always alienates us from them to some extent. We must not touch our idols; the gilt comes off in our hands. ~ Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert "The highest form of affection is based on full sincerity on both sides." ~ Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy She lifted her face to him, and he bent forward and kissed her on the mouth, gently, with the one kiss that is an eternal pledge. And as he kissed her his heart strained again in his breast. He never intended to love her. But now it was over. He had crossed over the gulf to her, and all that he had left behind had shrivelled and become void. ~ The Horse Dealer's Daughter by D. H. Lawrence