One could be happy
One could be happy not only without love, but despite it. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Without Love
we had made love
we had made love without love, half-dressed most of the time and always in the dark so we could imagine ourselves as better than we were. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Love is the sole
Love is the sole impulse for creation; and the man who does not have it as the greatest incentive in his life has never developed the real creative instinct. No one can swing out into the Universal without love, for the whole universe is based upon it. Ernest Holmes
True love comes quietly,
True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked. Erich Segal
I need you because
I need you because I love you. Erich Fromm
Immature love says: ‘I
Immature love says: ‘I love you because I need you.’ Mature love says ‘I need you because I love you.’ Erich Fromm
What I prized most
What I prized most was freedom, freedom to do my work, to give myself spontaneously and not out of duty or by command. I could not submit to such demands; rather would I choose the path of a homeless wanderer; yes, even go without love. Emma Goldman
Sex without love is
Sex without love is like a goddamn business transaction. And sometimes both parties feel as if they got a good deal, but that doesn’t make it any less so. Emma Bull
In love as in
In love as in speculation there is much filth; in love also, people think only of their own gratification; yet without love there would be no life, and the world would come to an end. Emile Zola
Love is moral even
Love is moral even without legal marriage, but marriage is immoral without love. Ellen Key