#lover

There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. This should be made clear to all who contemplate such a union. The avoidance of this pain is the beginning of wisdom, for it is strong enough to contaminate the rest of our lives. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#avoidance #beginning #clear #contaminate #contemplate

I doubt whether any girl would be satisfied with her lover's mind if she knew the whole of it. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#doubt #girl #her #i #knew

Freedom of love is freedom to say yes to many lovers. ↗

— Brigitte Boisselier

#love #love is #lovers #many #say

Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#forlorn #hope #impossible #lovers #pity

Life can't defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death. ↗

— Edna Ferber

#defeat #itself #life #love #lover

Beauty is the lover's gift. ↗

— William Congreve

#gift #lover

Lovers of painting and lovers of music are people who openly display their preference like a delectable ailment that isolates them and makes them proud. ↗

— Maurice Blanchot

#delectable #display #isolates #like #lovers

Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth. ↗

— Giovanni Boccaccio

#enjoyment #experienced #had #heaven #indeed

I'm a fighter. I'm a lover. ↗

— David Boreanaz

#i #lover

Actors make bad lovers. Their most important kiss is for the camera. Not in a superficial way, in a really deep way. They can only give everything if they know someone is going to shout cut! ↗

— Rupert Everett

#camera #cut #deep #deep way #everything