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Here is a collection of sixty of the finest love quotes by poets, drawn from the pens of bards of many historical periods and several nationalities (we’ve saved these Shakespeare quotes about love for another article). Those who have not written these love quotes and verses in English appear here in translation:
- "Risk", by Anaïs Nin
- "Stopping by Woods on A Snowy Evening", by Robert Frost
- “Hope Is The Thing with Feathers", by Emily Dickinson
- "The Peace of Wild Things", by Wendell Berry
- "The Summer Day", by Mary Oliver
- "The Guest House", by Rumi
- "From Milk and Honey", by Rupi Kaur
- "Sonnet 29", by William Shakespeare
- "I Took My Power in My Hand", by Emily Dickinson
- "O Me! O Life!", by Walt Whitman
And then the day came, when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. A single sentence broken up into 8 small lines, Anaïs Nin’s “Risk” uses a flower as a metaphor, to remind us that there will come a day when the pain of complacency will exceed the pain of actually daring to make a change. The poem serve...
The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. Reading out like a heartbeat, Frost's most famous work draws from nature to explore the human conflict of being torn between life’s beauty and its responsibilities. With the repetition of ‘and miles to go before I sleep’...
I’ve heard it in the chillest land - And on the strangest Sea - Yet - never - in Extremity, It asked a crumb - of me. The evocative extended metaphor at the heart of this work has helped to cement "Hope is a thing with feathers" as perhaps the best-loved of Dickinson's 1,800 poems. In the last stanza, Dickinson beautifully captures the ever-giving,...
I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free. Written in free verse, "The Peace of Wild Things” intentionally slips the shackles of a standa...
Tell me, what else should I have done? Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon? Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? Reflecting on the futility of life, Oliver’s “The Summer Day” shakes the reader by the shoulder, offering a jolt of inspiration. As everything dies ‘at last’ and ‘too soon’, the poem encourage...
The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond. Written by the great 13th-century Persian poet, "The Guest House" is a call for acceptance — one that is, unsurprisingly, often invoked in mindfulness circles. Rumi uses the m...
what is stronger than the human heart which shatters over and over and still lives Inward-looking in style, Rupi Kaur’s collection of poems, from Milk and Honey, centers around the theme of self-love (which is also a form of introspection). Kaur’s poems ironically remind us that the emotional attention and love that we crave and desire is not somet...
Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising, Haply I think on thee, and then my state, Like to the lark at break of day arising From sullen earth sings hymns at heaven’s gate; For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings That then I scorn to change my state with kings "Sonnet 29" is a single sentence, divided into two: a conditional clause an...
I aimed by Pebble—but Myself Was all the one that fell— Was it Goliath—was too large— Or was myself—too small Whilst not particularly uplifting, Dickinson’s “I took my power in my hand” brings out a harsh reality many of us struggle with — accepting failure. The poem is populated with unorthodox punctuation (particularly a liberal use of dashes) an...
O Me! O life! of the questions of these recurring, Of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities fill’d with the foolish, Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who more faithless?) Of eyes that vainly crave the light, of the objects mean, of the struggle ever renew’d, Of the poor results of all, of the plodding...
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Sep 12, 2021 · Today, I’ve put together 100 timeless “definition of love” quotes with the same purpose – to give us yet another look at the feeling that rules the world. Below you will enjoy some of the most beautiful deep, and truly heart-touching quotes on love from the classics we grew up with.
- Debra Smouse
- "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." ―
- “A true relationship is with someone who accepts your past, supports your present and encourages your future." — Michelle Yeoh.
- “True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.” — François de La Rochefoucauld.
- "We don't fall in love with people because they're good people. We fall in love with people whose darkness we recognize. You can fall in love with a person for all of the right reasons, but that kind of love can still fall apart.
- Famous Quotes. “Strong women don’t have ‘attitudes’, we have standards.” — Marilyn Monroe. “I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.”
- Inspirational Quotes. “Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.”
- Strong, Confident Women Quotes. “Be confident, not certain.” — Eleanor Roosevelt. “We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational and so disciplined they can be free.”
- Stand Up For Yourself Quotes. “Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women.” — Maya Angelou. “I’m not going anywhere. I’m not shutting up.
Enjoy our unique collection of deep and meaningful poems about life. Humans are the only creatures who cannot live without purpose. It is the thesis of the great psychoanalyst Viktor Frankl that man can endure any hardship as long as he can find meaning in the experience.
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