“Speak low if you speak love.” – William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing

“To lose balance sometimes for love is part of living a balanced life.” – Elizabeth Gilbert

“And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.” – Kahlil Gibran

“Day by day and night by night we were together — all else has long been forgotten by me.” – Walt Whitman

“For this is love’s truth: she joins two in one being, makes sweet sour, strangers neighbors, and the lowly noble.” – Hadewijch of Brabant

“Nobody has ever measured, even poets, how much a heart can hold.” – Zelda Fitzgerald

“For where all love is, the speaking is unnecessary.” – Diana Gabaldon

“The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.” – Eden Phillpotts

“We are most alive when we’re in love.” – John Updike

“What unites us as human beings is an urge for happiness which at heart is a yearning for union.” – Sharon Salzberg