"The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,And all the sweet serenity of books"
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"From childhood's hour I have not been. As others were, I have not seen. As others saw, I could not awaken. My heart to joy at the same tone. And all I loved, I loved alone."
- Edgar Allan Poe
"If you stay, I'll do whatever you want. I'll quit the band, go with you to New York. But if you need me to go away, I'll do that, too. I was talking to Liz and she said maybe coming back to your old l..."
- Gayle Forman
"Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation."
- Kahlil Gibran
"I wonder how many people don't get the one they want, but end up with the one they're supposed to be with."
- Fannie Flagg
"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and heightMy soul can reach"
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
"To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow - this is a human offering that can border on miraculous."
- Elizabeth Gilbert
"The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories, that it has come to be disbelieved in. Few people dare now to say that two beings have fallen in love because they have looked at each ot..."
- Victor Hugo
"When I say it's you I like, I'm talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part of you that allows you to stand for thos..."
- Fred Rogers
"To lose balance sometimes for love is part of living a balancedlife."