Famous Romantic Quotations

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  "For one human being to love another that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks; the ultimate, the last test and proof; the work for which all other work is but preparation." - by Rainer Maria Rilke  
• "In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing." - by Mignon McLaughlin  
• "To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead." - by Bertrand Russell  
• "Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves." - by Blaise Pascal  
• "Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,A medley of extemporanea;
  And love is a thing that can never go wrong;
  And I am Marie of Romania." - by Dorothy Parker  
• "Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and stretching the weak; making fools of the wise, and wise men of fools; favouring the passions, destroying reason, and in a word, turning everything topsy-turvy." - by Marguerite De Valois  
• "Sometimes when you look back on a situation, you realize it wasn't all you thought it was. A beautiful girl walked into your life. You fell in love. Or did you? Maybe it was only a childish infatuation, or maybe just a brief moment of vanity." - by Henry Bromel  
• "Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it, and it darts away." - by Dorothy Parker 
•  "Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it...It really is worth fighting for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk everything, you risk even more." - by Erica Jong  
• "Love doesn't make the world go round, love is what makes the ride worthwhile." - by Elizabeth Browning 
• "Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing." - by Goethe