“The most exquisite joy is a sting to the heart, and love -- love is a crisis of the soul.”

“A joyful heart is the normal result of a heart burning with love. She gives most who gives with joy.”

“ 'You love her without willing it or wanting it, and that is the most exquisite pain of all.' ”

“The paradox is that by being ‘in love’ we are in fact falling in love with ourselves, and we have an opportunity to see ourselves in the eyes of another. It is an ecstatic place to be, the dance of romantic love, and one that cannot be denied, for it is the place where we are most likely to experience a divine tango with our soul. Love and myth go hand in hand, for myth is the most exquisite mirror of all for the reflection of self.”

“Love for the joy of loving, and not for the offerings of someone else's heart.”

“Why, you love him! Your fear, your terror, all of that is just love and love of the most exquisite kind, the kind which people do not admit even to themselves.”