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One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.

Love ceases to be a pleasure, when it ceases to be a secret.

If it's true that men are such beasts, this must account for the fact that most women are animal lovers.

Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.

My God, these folks don't know how to love -- that's why they love so easily.

Scratch a lover, and find a foe.

Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.

No one worth possessing can be quite possessed.

You are my lover and I am your mistress and kingdoms and empires and governments have tottered and succumbed before now to that mighty combination.