Love and the gentle heart are but the same thing.

Love and the gentle heart are but the same thing.

Dante Alighieri

She had no tolerance for scenes which were not of her own making.

She had no tolerance for scenes which were not of her own making.

She was not accustomed to taste the joys of solitude except in company.

She was not accustomed to taste the joys of solitude except in company.

Her failure was a useful preliminary to success.

Her failure was a useful preliminary to success.

Inkstands and tea-cups are never as full as when one upsets them.

Inkstands and tea-cups are never as full as when one upsets them.

It was harder to drown at sunrise than in darkness.

It was harder to drown at sunrise than in darkness.

But the stars that marked our starting fall away. We must go deeper into greater pain, for it is not permitted that we stay.

But the stars that marked our starting fall away. We must go deeper into greater pain, for it is not permitted that we stay.

He loves but little who can say and count in words, how much he loves.

He loves but little who can say and count in words, how much he loves.

Eternal love made me.

Eternal love made me.

I did not die, and yet I lost life’s breath

I did not die, and yet I lost life’s breath

Without hope we live in desire.

Without hope we live in desire.

Mankind is at its best when it is most free.

Mankind is at its best when it is most free.

Because your question searches for deep meaning, I shall explain in simple words

Because your question searches for deep meaning, I shall explain in simple words

From a little spark may burst a flame.

From a little spark may burst a flame.

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.

I love to doubt as well as know.

I love to doubt as well as know.

Beauty awakens the soul to act.

Beauty awakens the soul to act.

Love insists the loved loves back

Love insists the loved loves back

Come, follow me, and leave the world to its babblings.

Come, follow me, and leave the world to its babblings.