Leo Tolstoy

Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

It’s not given to people to judge what’s right or wrong. People have eternally been mistaken and will be mistaken, and in nothing more than in what they consider right and wrong.

If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed.

Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.

The only absolute knowledge attainable by man is that life is meaningless.

The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.

I believe we’re all in denial about the people we love.

I’m searching for something that I can’t reach.

And now my neck is open wide, begging for a fist around it. Already choking on my pride, so there’s no use crying about it.

I’m fine with the ups and downs in our story as long as the theme is love.

Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.

Better to put your heart on the line, risk everything, and walk away with nothing than play it safe. Love is a lot of things, but ‘safe’ isn’t one of them.

When she laughed she was beautiful, when she cried she was beautiful, but, when she was determined she was sexy as hell.

Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

They are different now than they were. My mother never had to say she was a queen to be one. I instinctively knew. So it makes sense now that I am sorely confused by the women who try to convince me with words.

Thunder only happens when it’s raining; players only love you when they’re playing.

I’d tell you how beautiful you look today, but there’s not enough time before sunset to tell how you set fire to a sundress; my mouth is overflowing from yesterday.

It is most unwise for people in love to marry.

Baby I’m a fool who thinks it’s cool to fall in love!