Nothing is Sweeter...

"Love is a great thing, a great good in every way; it alone lightens what is heavy, and leads smoothly over all roughness, for it carries a burden without being burdened, and makes every bitter thing sweet and tasty. Love wants to be lifted up, not held back by anything low. Nothing is sweeter than love, nothing higher, nothing fuller, nothing better in heaven and earth ... Love keeps watch and is never unaware, even when it sleeps. Tired, it is never exhausted. Hindered, it is never defeated. Alarmed, it is never afraid. But like a living flame and a burning torch it bursts upward and blares forth..."
-Thomas A Kempis


"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails..."
-Corinthians


"We walked together in the dusk
To watch the tower grow dimly white,
And saw it lift against the sky
Its flower of amber light.
You talked of half a hundred things,
I kept each hurried word you said;
And when at last the hour was full,
I saw the light turn red.
You did not know the time had come,
You did not see the sudden flower,
Nor know that in my heart Love's birth
Was reckoned from that hour."
-Sara Teasdale


"The heart is a living museum. In each of its galleries, no matter how narrow or dimly lit, preserved forever... are our moments of loving and being loved."
-Diane Ackerman


"Love is quick, sincere, dutiful, joyous, and pleasant; brave, patient, faithful, prudent, serene, and vigorous; and it never seeks itself. For whenever we seek ourselves, we fall away from love. Love is watchful, humble, and upright; not weak or frivolous, or directed toward vain things; temperate, pure, steady, calm, and alert in all senses."
-Thomas A Kempis



"Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it..."
-Song of Solomon