“The dream of romantic love is taken more seriously in North America than it is anywhere else in the world, which is why we believe in fidelity and why we believe in infidelity as well. It is also, of course, what makes our divorce rate as high as it is. Falling in love at first sight and instant gratification are part of the world in which we live, so there are people who believe adamantly in fidelity. They just don't believe in it for long.” PeopleWorldFirstsBelieveWellsLongDreamAmericaRomanceFallCoursesLove IsTakenSightFalling In LoveRateDon't BelieveDivorceInstantRomantic LoveLove At First SightInfidelityGratificationFidelityNorth AmericaInstant GratificationDivorce Rates Author:Merle Shain
“Days are like years in the love of the young, when no bar, no obstacle, is between their hearts,--when the sun shines, and the course runs smooth--when their love is prosperous and confessed.” LoveYearsHeartRunningYoungCoursesLove IsSunShiningObstaclesBarsSmoothProsperousSun Shines Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“Man ever is and always shall be blessed; for he loves, and love is an onward current that never ebbs; and borne upon this current humanity will at last make its far, fair haven; and meanwhile, as it voyages, it will find the course not too rough, but glorified by frequent halcyon days and calm nights set with stars.” MenLastsNightHumanityCoursesStarsLove IsHavensFairsAnd LoveBlessedCalmCurrentsRoughVoyagesBeing BlessedHalcyon Days Author:Frank C. Lockwood
“A man in love ... is the master, so it seems, but only if his lady friend permits it! The need to interchange the roles of slave and master for the sake of the relationship is never more clearly demonstrated than in the course of an affair. Never is the complicity between victim and executioner more essential. Even chained, down on her knees, begging for mercy, it is the woman, finally, who is in command ... the all powerful slave, dragging herself along the ground at her master's heels, is now really the god. The man is only her priest, living in fear and trembling of her displeasure.” IfsMenNeedsSeemsCoursesWomenLove IsPowerfulRolesHe ManMastersEssentialsMercyVictimSlaveAffairSakeCommandKneesPriestsPermitHeelsBeggingTremblingChainedComplicityExecutionersDispleasureInterchangeLiving In Fear Author:Anne Desclos
“Is it better to be the lover or the loved one? Neither, if your cholesterol is over six hundred. By love, of course, I refer to romantic love -- the love between man and woman, rather than between mother and child, or a boy and his dog, or two headwaiters.” IfsMenLoveChildrenTwoMotherCoursesLove IsBoysDogLoversSixHundredMen And WomenLoved OnesRomantic LoveMother And ChildCholesterol Book:The Insanity Defense: The Complete Prose Source: The Insanity Defense: The Complete Prose
“I just don't think I'm special because I'm an actor and I never would. Of course I take what I do seriously because I love doing it, and I love being in films and making films, but I don't take myself seriously.” ThinkingFilmCoursesActorsLove IsSpecial Author:Ellen Page
“Of course love is a force in life. People will go on falling in love forever. And more important, sexual infatuation will enrapture everyone. Otherwise, no babies!” PeopleImportantFallCoursesForceLove IsForeverBabyGoes OnFalling In LoveInfatuationForever Love Author:Vivian Gornick
“Love is not an intellectual concept or a moral imperative or anything else. It is the background emotion that exists when one is connected to the energy available in the universe, which of course, is the energy of God.” UniverseCoursesEnergyLove IsEmotionMoralDivineIntellectualConceptsAvailableConnectedBackgroundsImperativesCelestine Prophecy Book:The celestine prophecy: an adventure Source: The celestine prophecy: an adventure
“Refusing to accept God's love because we're unworthy - of course we're unworthy! - is another golden calf.” CoursesLove IsAcceptingGoldenUnworthyGod's LoveCalves Author:Madeleine L'Engle