In western literature many a scribe has tried to express his or her love and plenty of these love quotes have stood the test of time. I gloated over her.
I hugged her and hugged her.
Love quotes from old literature. Worth sharing not only with your loved ones and not only during valentines day. Love quotes from the worlds favorite books. Doesnt sound very exciting does it.
I love love she said closing her eyes. For that is just being in love. Just because its old doesnt necessarily make a quote or a saying romantic in fact some older love quotes dont really age all that well.
1 when i am old and alone i will remember that i once held something truly beautiful joe dunthorne submarine 2 i loved her against reason against promise against peace against hope against happiness against all discouragement that could be. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away. By jane austen andre gide roald dahl paulo coelho jodi picoult and elizabeth gilbert.
You dont love because you love despite. Not for the virtues but despite the faults the sound and the fury. And she loved it.
Her little shoulders drove me mad. I promised her beautiful love. From classic romance novels like gone with the wind well known plays such as shakespeares romeo and juliet and modern works like the notebook.
Which any of us can convince ourselves we are. What makes a classic love quote classic. Heres our pick of the best love quotes in literature poems and passages from historic classic and contemporary books and plays.