The loss of young first love is so painful that it borders on the ludicrous.

No one can live without relationship. You may withdraw into the mountains, become a monk, a sannyasi, wander off into the desert by yourself, but you are related. You cannot escape from that absolute fact. You cannot exist in isolation.

The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.

Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?

There have been many great men that have flattered the people who ne’er loved them.

Intense love does not measure, it just gives.

Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.

I think everyone should be with who they love.

A youth, when at home, should be filial and, abroad, respectful to his elders. He should be earnest and truthful. He should overflow in love to all and cultivate the friendship of the good. When he has time and opportunity, after the performance of these things, he should employ them in polite studies.

To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me ‚understand‘ something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country.

Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking.

A lot of the time when I write about the person that I love, I feel like I’m writing about New York.

Love is not consolation. It is light.

A relationship can give you a gut wrenching feeling sometimes. It’s a real emotional ride.

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.

As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.

I said I would never wear my gold again because it would be insensitive and disrespectful to all the people who died and lost everything in Katrina.

Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God – the rest will be given.

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.

Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which is under the more direct control of the will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling, which is not.

Man weeps to think that he will die so soon; woman, that she was born so long ago.

Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.

Love is anterior to life, posterior to death, initial of creation, and the exponent of breath.

When I get married, it’ll be no secret.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Remember, it’s as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.

To be social is to be forgiving.

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.

Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who’ll give you a little love, a little affection, a little tenderness? It means you’re in the wrong house, that’s what it means.

May I kiss you then? On this miserable paper? I might as well open the window and kiss the night air.

When your mother asks, ‚Do you want a piece of advice?‘ it is a mere formality. It doesn’t matter if you answer yes or no. You’re going to get it anyway.

I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be four friends in the world.

Bisexuality immediately doubles your chances for a date on Saturday night.

My dad was never married. He was kind of a rolling stone. But he was never disrespectful. At the same time, even though he had women in his life when I was a kid, there wasn’t any consistency.

Having a child, that’s always been my biggest fear. I want a child and I fear a child.

The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.

Trust is not the same as faith. A friend is someone you trust. Putting faith in anyone is a mistake.

Life is made of ever so many partings welded together.

I think what it really is, is that I date creative people. And I think that what intimidates them is not my purse; it’s my mind.

It’s so much easier to like people, and to let people in, to trust them until they prove that you should do otherwise. The alternative is being an iceberg.

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do… but how much love we put in that action.

The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.

No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.

Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes.

If I’m not in love, if I’m not with a long-term companion, I cannot be happy.

My problem was my inability to spend much time at home. I thought my family was secure, so I went running around everyplace else. I guess I had more of an effect on other people’s kids than I did my own.

Who, being loved, is poor?

Anger is wonderful. It keeps you going. I’m angry about bankers. About the government.

If you get down and quarell everyday, you’re saying prayers to the devil, I say.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.

Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him.

Know your worth! People always act like they’re doing more for you than you’re doing for them.

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.