
The love of my life came not
As love unto others is cast;
For mine was a secret wound--
But the wound grew a pearl, at last. —
Edith Matilda Thomas

Women love the last blow as well as the last word, and when they fight for love they are pitiless as a wounded buffalo. —
H. Rider Haggard

All things that are on earth shall wholly pass away,
Except the love of God, which shall live and last for aye. —
William C. Bryant

Love covers all shortcomings and failures, overlooks one's mistakes and does not bring to mind one's past mistakes - My Last Letter, Chapter 1 —
Santosh Avvannavar

I have changed for the last time
this is the man I will be till I die. And that man loves you. —
Sharon Shinn

Strength builds empires that last for decades. Wisdom builds empires that last for centuries. Love builds empires that last forever. —
Matshona Dhliwayo

Love must be the first thought and the last thought of the day, if you wish to live in peace and happiness. —
Leon Brown

And I've just spent the last 48 hours falling in love with a man that is not only completely out of my league, I don't even play the same sport —
Kristen Proby

I don't like sleeping with people I really love. I don't want to sleep with them because sex cannot last, but affection can last forever. —
Karl Lagerfeld

My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love. —
Therese Of Lisieux

Don't wait until Christmas to show love. You never know those who will breathe their last breath before the sacred season. —
Lailah Gifty Akita

Twin flames burn eternal. Destine to shine bright in a united embrace that is set to last for an eternity. —
Truth Devour

I had come at last and my heart was beating again strongly to a heart that could not know despair because it forgot itself in the duty of its love. —
Joyce Cary

I wanna make growing old with you
the last poem I ever have to write —
Michael Biondi

I met her last summer on a moonlight boat trip... —
Tennessee Williams

It was no wonder my love life was so messed up when the most profound and intimate moments were always being interrupted by dire situations —
Richelle Mead

They know these mornings well and love them desperately because they cannot last - these people who know that nothing lasts. —
Peter S. Beagle

When the last female dies, the gateway to the earth closes to man. —
Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

However long a hug lasts, it doesn't last long enough. —
Kyle Schmalenberg

Those who love last in a relationship usually love deepest. —
Faydra D. Fields

A woman findeth in her last lover much of her first love; but a man seeth his next-to-the-last love, alway. —
Gelett Burgess

...for the last twelve months I've been more single than a one-dollar bill."~Sammy —
Zack Love

Kiss me yet once again, the last, long kiss, Until I draw your soul within my lips And drink down all your love. —
Edith Hamilton

To you I shall say, as I have often said before, 'Do not be in a hurry, the right man will come at last '. - Jane Austen —
Alexandra Potter

Love and memory last and will so endure till the game is called because of darkness. —
Gene Fowler

If you have no money, men won't care for you, women won't love you; won't, that is, care for you or love you the last little bit that matters. —
George Orwell

Being someone's first love may be great, but to be their last is beyond perfect.
~unknown —
Unknown

What good does it do you to love? —
Trisha Leigh

I want you to kiss me, Longinus. Kiss me like this night will never end. If I am going to die, then this is my last request. Will you grant it? —
Alan Kinross

Our absence is what remains of us. —
Catherine O'Flynn

The last degree of love is when He gave Himself to us to be our Food; because He gave Himself to be united with us in every way. —
Bernardino Of Siena

We already had three steps behind us.
"Hold on, Lia," I whispered.
Hold on for me. —
Mary E. Pearson