Unrequited – Quotes

It was inevitable: the

It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love. Gabriel Garcia Marquez

I became aware that

I became aware that the invincible power that has moved the world is unrequited, not happy, love. Gabriel Garcia Marquez

But that afternoon he

But that afternoon he asked himself, with his infinite capacity for illusion, if such pitiless indifference might not be a subterfuge for hiding the torments of love. Gabriel Garcia Marquez

For me, a place unvisited is like an unrequited love. A dull ache that- try as you might to think it away, to convince yourself that she really wasn’t the right country for you- just won’t leave you in peace. Eric Weiner

I thought narcissism was

I thought narcissism was about self-love till someone told me there is a flip side to it… It is unrequited self-love. Emily Levine

The great law of

The great law of denial belongs to the powerful forces of life, whether the case be one of coolish baked beans, or an unrequited affection. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward

Unrequited love–plain desperate aboveboard

Unrequited love–plain desperate aboveboard boy-chasing–turned you into a salesperson, and what you were selling was something he didn’t want, couldn’t use, would never miss. Unrequited love was deciding to be useless, and I could never abide uselessness. Elizabeth McCracken

I had never wanted

I had never wanted to be one of those girls in love with boys who would not have me. Unrequited love – plain desperate aboveboard boy-chasing – turned you into a salesperson, and what you were selling was something he didn’t want, couldn’t use, would never miss. Unrequited love was deciding to be useless, and … Read more

He could remember all

He could remember all about it now; the pitiful figure he must have cut; the absurd way in which he had gone and done the very thing he had so often agreed with himself in thinking would be the most foolish thing in the world; and had met with exactly the consequences which, in these … Read more

I know I am

I know I am but summer to your heart, and not the full four seasons of the year. Edna St. Vincent Millay