Jealousy feeds upon suspicion, and it turns into fury or it ends as soon as we pass from suspicion into certainty.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, "Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims"

And love became the world's origin and the world's ruler, yet littered its path is with flowers and blood, flowers and blood.

Knut Hamsun, "Victoria"

Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal.

Clive Staples Lewis, "The Problem of Pain"

Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness.

Clive Staples Lewis, "The Problem of Pain"

One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.

Jean de La Bruyere, "Of the Heart"

Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.

Jean de La Bruyere, "Of the Heart"

We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.

Jean de La Bruyere, "Of the Heart"