Unrequited Love

Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo Deny thy father, and refuse thy name...

If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty.

No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can do with a single thread.

We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.

Hell's afloat in lover's tears.

Life may change, but it may fly not;
Hope may vanish, but can die not;
Truth be veiled, but still it burneth;
Love replused - but it returneth Percy B.

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs, Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes, Being vexed, a sea nourished with lovers’ tears. What is it else? A madness most discreet, A choking gall and a preserving sweet.

Desire, even in its wildest tantrums, can neither persuade me it is love nor stop me from wishing it were. W. H.

Love is know the pain of too much tenderness.

I shall despair. There is no creature loves me; And if I die no soul will pity me: And wherefore should they, since that I myself Find in myself no pity to myself?

Nay, tempt me not to love again: There was a time when love was sweet; Dear Nea! had I known thee then, our souls had not been slow to meet! But oh! this weary heart hath run So many a time the rounds of pain, Not even for thee, thou lovely one! Would I endure such pangs again?

Lady you bereft me of all words, Only my blood speaks to you in my veins, and there is such confusion in my powers.

O tyrant love, to what do you not drive the hearts of men.

The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.

But love is blind and lovers cannot see The pretty follies that themselves commit for if they could, Cupid himself would blush to see me thus transformed to a boy.

The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, confused, deluded forever; but it is shot through with beauty, with love, with glints of courage and laughter; and in these, the spirit blooms timidly, and struggles to the light amid the thorns.

Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.

It is a familiar beast to man, and signifies love.

I was in love with loving.

It is a mistake to speak of a bad choice in love, since as soon as a choice exists, it can only be bad.

I pray you, do not fall in love with me, for I am falser than vows made in wine.

I'll follow thee and make a heaven of hell, To die upon the hand I love so well.

If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that surfeiting, the appetite may sicken, and so die.” - William Shakespear e

There’s only one kind of love that lasts—unrequited love. It stays with you forever.