"Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature as the soul. It is an ardent, celestial, inextinguishable flame."

"The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that one is loved."

"To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life."

"The word 'love' is not a verb."

"The soul's darkest night is not the one before death, but the one before birth."