"This is the true measure of love: when we believe that we alone can love, that no one could ever have loved so before us, and that no one will ever love in the same way after us."
"If I love you, what business is it of yours?"
"There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings."
"To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods."
"Love does not dominate; it cultivates."
"If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be."