And he could glance at her continually as she bent over the fruit, while the level evening sunbeams stole through the thick apple-tree boughs and rested on her round cheek and neck as if they too were in love with her. – George Eliot, Adam Bede

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it. – Henry David Thoreau

At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love. – Martin Luther King, Jr.