Elizabeth Aston says one’s first love is always perfect…

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Attempted Love

“One’s first love is always perfect until one meets one’s second love.”

– Elizabeth Aston, The Exploits & Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy

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Diane Ackerman says couples are jigsaw puzzles…

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Attempted Love

“Couples are jigsaw puzzles that hang together by touching in just enough points. They’re never total fits or misfits.”

– Diane Ackerman, One Hundred Names for Love: A Stroke, A Marriage, and the Language of Healing

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Claudia Jewett Jarrett says it is the caring and sharing that count…

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Attempted Love

“It is the caring and sharing that count—love is not prevented by the things and the time that you haven’t shared.”

– Claudia Jewett Jarrett, Adopting the Older Child

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Blaise Pascal says clarity of mind means clarity of passion…

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Attempted Love

“Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves.”

– Blaise Pascal

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Bette Davis says love is not enough…

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Attempted Love

“Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone – but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.”

– Bette Davis

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Anton Chekhov says perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love…

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Attempted Love

“Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.”

– Anton Chekhov

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Anne-Sophie Swetchine says to love deeply in one direction…

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Attempted Love

“To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.”

– Anne-Sophie Swetchine

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