You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love; the running across fields into your lover’s arms can only come later when you’re sure they won’t laugh if you trip. – Jonathan Carroll, “Outside the Dog Museum”

Our love could change the orbit of the earth. So, if a meteor ever comes hurtling towards earth with the guarantee of destruction, top scientists may call on us to, well, you know, do it like crazy for the sake of humankind. – Author Unknown

Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species. – W. Somerset Maugham, A Writer’s Notebook, 1949