Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not
ours to command.
Alan Watts
To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.
Anne-Sophie Swetchine
Anne-Sophie Swetchine
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three
parts dead.
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), Marriage and Morals (1929) ch. 19
parts dead.
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), Marriage and Morals (1929) ch. 19
Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone - but not
the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.
Bette Davis (1908 - 1989)
the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.
Bette Davis (1908 - 1989)
Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and
clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves.
Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves.
Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical
substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
Carl Jung (1875 - 1961)
substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
Carl Jung (1875 - 1961)
Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love.
Charles M. Schulz (1922 - 2000), Charlie Brown in "Peanuts"
Charles M. Schulz (1922 - 2000), Charlie Brown in "Peanuts"
To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.
David Viscott
David Viscott
Sometimes love will pick you up by the short hairs...and jerk the heck out
of you.
Denise Dobbs, Northern Exposure, Survival of the Species, 1993
of you.
Denise Dobbs, Northern Exposure, Survival of the Species, 1993
Marriage is the union of disparate elements. Male and female. Yin and
yang. Proton and electron. What are we talking about here? Nothing less
than the very tension that binds the universe. You see, when we look at
marriage, people, we're are looking at creation itself. "I am the sky,"
says the Hindu bridegroom to the bride. "You are the earth. We are sky and
earth united.... You are my husband. You are my wife. My feet shall run
because of you. My feet shall dance because of you. My heart shall beat
because of you. My eyes see because of you. My mind thinks because of you
and I shall love because of you."
Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Our Wedding, 1992
yang. Proton and electron. What are we talking about here? Nothing less
than the very tension that binds the universe. You see, when we look at
marriage, people, we're are looking at creation itself. "I am the sky,"
says the Hindu bridegroom to the bride. "You are the earth. We are sky and
earth united.... You are my husband. You are my wife. My feet shall run
because of you. My feet shall dance because of you. My heart shall beat
because of you. My eyes see because of you. My mind thinks because of you
and I shall love because of you."
Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Our Wedding, 1992
There's a lot to be said for self-delusionment when it comes to matters of
the heart.
Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, First Snow, 1993
the heart.
Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, First Snow, 1993
They didn't need men because they had each other, a significant other. It
doesn't matter if the cat's in pants or pedal-pushers. I don't think we're
supposed to fly solo.
Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Lucky People, 1995
doesn't matter if the cat's in pants or pedal-pushers. I don't think we're
supposed to fly solo.
Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Lucky People, 1995
Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,
A medley of extemporanea;
And love is a thing that can never go wrong;
And I am Marie of Roumania.
Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967), Not So Deep as a Well (1937), "Comment"
A medley of extemporanea;
And love is a thing that can never go wrong;
And I am Marie of Roumania.
Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967), Not So Deep as a Well (1937), "Comment"
When love is in excess it brings a man nor honor nor any worthiness.
Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC), Medea, 431 B.C.
Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC), Medea, 431 B.C.
There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason
in madness.
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900), "On Reading and Writing"
in madness.
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900), "On Reading and Writing"
I've been thinking about that old Zen conundrum: what's the sound of one
hand clapping? My personal opinion--nothing. You don't have two hands, you
don't have any clapping. It's as simple as that. Stars, galaxies, clapping
hands, what's the point? The point is that we all need somebody, whether
you're a supercluster or a little proton, a yin or a yang. Everybody is
hooked into everybody else.
Geoffrey Neighor, Northern Exposure, Duets, 1993
hand clapping? My personal opinion--nothing. You don't have two hands, you
don't have any clapping. It's as simple as that. Stars, galaxies, clapping
hands, what's the point? The point is that we all need somebody, whether
you're a supercluster or a little proton, a yin or a yang. Everybody is
hooked into everybody else.
Geoffrey Neighor, Northern Exposure, Duets, 1993
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Sometimes when you look back on a situation, you realize it wasn't all you
thought it was. A beautiful girl walked into your life. You fell in love.
Or did you? Maybe it was only a childish infatuation, or maybe just a
brief moment of vanity.
Henry Bromel, Northern Exposure, The Big Kiss, 1991
thought it was. A beautiful girl walked into your life. You fell in love.
Or did you? Maybe it was only a childish infatuation, or maybe just a
brief moment of vanity.
Henry Bromel, Northern Exposure, The Big Kiss, 1991
There is no remedy for love but to love more.
Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), Journal, July 25, 1839
Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), Journal, July 25, 1839
Just because you love someone doesnot mean you have to be involved with
them. Love is not a bandage to cover wounds.
Hugh Elliott, Standing Room Only weblog, February 16, 2004
them. Love is not a bandage to cover wounds.
Hugh Elliott, Standing Room Only weblog, February 16, 2004