“He will love only once - but it will be for always.”
“You only love truly once in your lifetime, even if you aren't always aware of it.”
“But he had been in love once, that he knew. Once and only once, and a long time ago. And it had changed him forever. Perfect love did that to a person and this had been perfect.”
“Alyosha's heart could not bear uncertainty, for the nature of his love was always active. He could not love passively; once he loved, he immediately also began to help.”
“His only possessions are the sky, the earth and a broken-down violin.Even so... he only loved someone once in his lifetime.. and he's 624 years old.”
“He can't really love anyone, you know, and in the end such people are always alone, no matter how much other people once loved them.”