Quotes about Love
No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from.
— George Eliot
Poor fellow! I think he is in love with you.' I am not aware of it. And to me it is one of the most odious things in a girl's life, that there must always be some supposition of falling in love coming between her and any man who is kind to her... I have no ground for the nonsensical vanity of fancying everybody who comes near me is in love with me.
— George Eliot
I was a romantic and sentimental creature, with a tendency towards solitude.
— Isabel Allende
She regretted nothing she had shared with her lover, nor was she ashamed of the fires that had changed her life; just the opposite, she felt that they had tempered her, made her strong, given her pride in making decisions and paying the consequences for them.
— Isabel Allende
She never imagined a scenario in which her love was not returned with the same depth of feeling, for to her it was impossible to believe that a love of such magnitude could have stunned only her. The most elementary logic and justice indicated that somewhere in the city he was suffering the same delicious torment.
— Isabel Allende
Nothing can grow in the shade of secrets, she would say, love needs light and space to flourish.
— Isabel Allende
She has a fixation on love. Strong trouble. The girl left her window open one clear night and it crawled into her body while she was asleep. There's no spell can cure it.
— Isabel Allende
This is what women want: to be safe, to be valued, to live in peace, to have their own resources, to be connected, to have control over their bodies and lives, and above all, to be loved.
— Isabel Allende
The only cure for so much misfortune is love. It's not the force of gravity that keeps the universe in balance, but the binding power of love.
— Isabel Allende
The advantage of being lovers is that we have to work hard at our relationship, because everything conspires to drive us apart. Our decision to be together has to be renewed again and again; that keeps us on our toes.
— Isabel Allende
Affection is like the noonday sun; it does not need the presence of another to be manifest.
— Isabel Allende
The heart is like a box; if it is filled with rubbish, there is no space for other things.
— Isabel Allende