Quotes about Infatuation

He felt, as passionately as he had ever felt it, that she was the most desirable woman on earth; but what came from it was only a desire to desire her, a wish to feel, not a feeling.

Thou art to me a delicious torment.

To be active in a church social life or church activities or even a church mission to help the hungry or reach the poor, but really our dedication has to be born out of an infatuation with Jesus.

All mankind loves a lover.

They say love is blind, but it's not. Infatuation is blind. Emotional neediness is blind. Love sees the fault—it just sees beyond it as well. Kimberly Rossi's Diary

There's only one lady I want, and I'm looking at her.

The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain he fell madly in love with him.

Dorothea, he said to himself, was for ever enthroned in his soul: no other woman could sit higher than her footstool...

Let Rufus weep, rejoice, stand, sit, or walk, Still he can nothing but of Nævia talk: Let him eat, drink, ask Questions, or dispute, Still he must speak of Nævia, or be mute. He writ to his Father, ending with this Line, I am, my Lovely Nævia, ever thine.

Such individuals marry on an infatuation binge without seriously considering character, compatibility, life goals, family desires, spiritual health, and other important concerns. Then when the infatuation fades and the relationship requires work, one or both partners suddenly discover that they were "mistaken." This person must not be their soul mate after all; otherwise, it wouldn't be so much work.

She reflected she must be completely besotted with Peter, if his laughter could hallow an aspidistra.

Her nascent love inflamed her sense of beauty.