Love has been an emotion to rule almost all aspects of our lives from reality to fiction, from real to literary spheres. In the literary sphere, there have been many writers, poets and artists who have explained their feelings for their love interests so as to leave their expressions for us in the form of popular quotes about love and affection; and allow us to carry on their legacies.
The innermost and the most genuine of the human feelings are best expressed when some beautiful ideas and quotes about love are combined with them. Since ages, poets and lyricists have been using their poetic skills and strength in using verses to create unique ways of expressing their feelings towards their love interests. Since not all people are blessed with such capabilities, some of their ideas and expressions have been constantly used by people to express their hidden feelings to their loved ones.
Some Popular and Inspiring Quotes about Love:
- “Like music on the waters is thy sweet voice to me.”
What can be a better compliment for a beloved than the lover comparing her voice to the sweet and serene flowing waters? This famous love quote finds its resource in Lord Byron’s poetry. The poem was written to be set on musical notes and is thus loaded with innuendos. The line, as can be made out easily, is written in the praise of the sweet voice of Lord Byron’s beloved.
- “But to see her was to love her, love but her, and love for ever.”
There are many among us who do not find their fantasies and affections for their love interests fulfilled. Whatever might be the reasons behind such events but the memories of first love never fade away and quotes such as this one are the ones that explain your feelings perfectly. The lines come from the pen and mouth of famous poet Robert Burns, who had composed them for his love interest. ‘Clarinda’, as she has popularly been referred to, left Burns in order to save her married life and these lines were written by him, memorizing her.
- “There’s no remedy for love but to love more.”
There are many who seek shelter in various good and bad things after being dejected by their lovers. However, this famous quote by Henry David Thoreau explains perfectly what should be the plan of action after being through such an event. The poet states that in order to seek a remedy for love, there is only one method to be used, that being to love more and not rejecting love and life altogether like many people do!
- “Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.”
A perfect description of the true feelings of love, this famous love quote by Robert A. Heinlein first appeared in his novel, ‘Stranger is a Strange Land”. Not very much in sync with the contents and context of the novel; this line is descriptive of the essential emotion of love and describes what it is to love and how it affects the life of a person who indulges in such feelings.