William Butler Yeats Quotes

I went to the University of Vermont because I had a kind of unrequited love for this high school girlfriend. She wasn't even at the University but at another school nearby. But I thought if went to a school near her, just maybe... I was really remedial about girls in so many ways.

How much better my life has been for knowing him. For loving him, even if it's only in the limited way that I can manage. But I never get the chance.

I did but see her passing by and yet I love her till I die.

Of love that never found his earthly close, What sequel? Streaming eyes and breaking hearts; Or all the same as if he had not been?

The only love that lasts is unrequited love.

Sharp nostalgia, infinite and terrible, for what I already possess.

Heaven grant us patience with a man in love.

Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same.

You're not sick you're just in love.

I'm like, over love. Crush, smush. I can't. I'm giving up on love at this point. I'm hoping for a crush. Actually, no. I don't want a crush. I want someone to crush on me.

It is, perhaps, better to be valued as an object of passion than never to be valued at all.

She was my first love, and I loved her as only a boy loves.

Being surrounded by love and people that care about your heart is the dream. That's what I would like on my last day.

The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.

When I was growing up in the theater there were all these amazing girls telling me about the guy who broke their heart. And I was always wishing that it was me.

Among absent lovers, ardor always fares better.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

It's true what they say: 'You don't appreciate what you've got until it's gone.' I miss love. I miss being looked after.

It is sad not to love, but it is much sadder not to be able to love.

When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.

This little ship you sent is more wonderful than the big one that takes me away from you.

I loved the idea of Travolta sitting on the kid's swing, pining away for his girlfriend.

Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood.

There are charms made only for distant admiration.

But no one frees himself from being in love in three days.