Declarations Of Love Quotes

• When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.

  Nora Ephron

  Love, Life, Relationship

  Nora Ephron (2011). “When Harry Met Sally. . .”, p.97, Knopf

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• I asked you here tonight because when you realise you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.

  Graeme Simsion

  Love, Cute, Romantic

  Graeme Simsion (2014). “The Rosie Project: A Novel”, p.267, Simon and Schuster

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• Declarations of love amuse me. Especially when unrequited.

  Cassandra Clare

  Love, Jace, Unrequited

  Cassandra Clare (2015). “City of Bones: TV Tie-in”, p.41, Simon and Schuster

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• Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

  Robert Frost

  Love, Funny, Life

  "A Swinger of Birches: A Portrait of Robert Frost". Book by Sydney Cox, 1957.

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• Any work of art, provided it springs from a sincere motivation to further understanding between people, is an act of faith and therefore is an act of love.

  Truman Capote

  Art, Motivation, Spring

  Truman Capote, M. Thomas Inge (1987). “Truman Capote: Conversations”, p.19, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• I like you very much. Just as you are.

  Helen Fielding

  I Like You, Romantic Love, Movie Love

  "Bridget Jones's Diary". www.imdb.com. 2001.

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• Tonight the world is yours, as am I.

  Melissa de la Cruz

  Tonight, World, World Is Yours

  Melissa de la Cruz (2010). “Revelations: Number 3 in series”, p.123, Hachette UK

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• A good simile,--as concise as a king's declaration of love.

  Laurence Sterne

  Kings, Simile, Declaration

  Laurence Sterne (1790). “The Works of Laurence Sterne: Complete in Eight Volumes”, p.221

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• Every declaration of love contains an unstated list of exceptions and demands.

  Mason Cooley

  Demand, Lists, Exception

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• Every man's first declaration of love is bathos--the zenith of his passion connoting perhaps the nadir of his intelligence.

  William John Locke

  Passion, Love Is, Men

  William John Locke (2012). “Jaffery”, p.263, tredition

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• The absolute contingency of the encounter takes on the appearance of destiny. The declaration of love marks the transition from chance to destiny and that's why it is so perilous and so burdened with a kind of horrifying stage fright.

  Alain Badiou

  Destiny, Encounters, Transition

  "Alain Badiou: a life in writing". Interview with Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. May 18, 2012.

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• All writing, all art, is an act of faith. If one tries to contribute to human understanding, how can that be called decadent? It's like saying a declaration of love is an act of decadence. Any work of art, provide it springs from a sincere motivation to further understanding between people, is an act of faith and therefore is an act of love.

  Truman Capote

  Art, Motivation, Spring

  Truman Capote, M. Thomas Inge (1987). “Truman Capote: Conversations”, p.19, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• The declaration of love may come sooner than expected. Take time before you reciprocate as this may simply be a statement of what they expect from you.

  Seneca the Younger

  May, Take Time, Expected

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• He pulled her back, off balance so that she fell against him, and he took her face in his two hands and held it very still while his eyes looked down into hers. Somber, truthful, painfully honest. "I love you, Chloe," he said. "Which is the most dangerous thing I could do.

  Anne Stuart

  Love You, Eye, Hands

  Anne Stuart (2005). “Black Ice”, Mira Books

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• We women aren't good at hints. We like solid declarations of love and forever.

  Jude Deveraux

  Forever, Hints, Declaration

  Jude Deveraux (2013). “True Love”, p.356, Ballantine Books

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• You can borrow my two-carat diamond stud earrings," Aphrodite said. I stopped and looked back at her. "Huh?" She shrugged. "That's as close to a declaration of love as you're gonna get from me.

  P. C. Cast

  Two, Aphrodite, Said

  P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast (2011). “Destined”, p.76, Macmillan

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• And telling you I care about you is a waste of time. I wouldn't have crossed the ocean, come out of hiding, tracked you down, if you didn't matter to me.

  Anne Stuart

  Ocean, Care, Matter

  Anne Stuart (2005). “Black Ice”, Mira Books

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• This isn't romance. This isn't a declaration of love or affirmation of friendship. This is something more.

  Melina Marchetta

  Romance, Affirmation, Declaration

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• I was trying to make you jealous!" Simon screamed, right back. His hands were fisted at his sides. "You're so stupid, Clary. You're so stupid, can't you see anything?" She stared at him in bewilderment. What on earth did he mean? "Trying to make me jealous? Why would you try to do that?" She saw immediately that this was the worst thing she could have asked him. "Because," he said, so bitterly that it shocked her, "I've been in love with you for ten years, so I thought it seemed like the time to find out whether you felt the same about me. Which, I guess you don't.

  Cassandra Clare

  Stupid, Love You, Mean

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• Fay had a spot of blood on the left side of her mouth and I took a wet cloth and wiped it off. Women were meant to suffer; no wonder they asked for constant declarations of love.

  Charles Bukowski

  Blood, Suffering, Mouths

  Charles Bukowski (2011). “Post Office”, p.129, Random House

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• What is art? (...) Like a declaration of love: the consciousness of our dependence on each other. A confession. An unconscious act that none the less reflects the true meaning of life—love and sacrifice.

  Andrei Tarkovsky

  Art, Love Life, Sacrifice

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