Ian Mcewan Quotes

My passion for Sarah had killed simple lust forever. Never again would I be able to enjoy a woman without love.

Love is not breathlessness; It is not excitement; It is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being “in love”, which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident.

You and I, it's as though we have been taught to kiss in heaven and sent down to earth together, to see if we know what we were taught.

This time when we kiss, I feel it in the pit of my stomach, I feel it in my heart. And I realize love isn't about sex. It's about connection.

True lovers know how trifling a thing is money yet how difficult to blend with love!

A man may love a woman perfectly, and yet by no means ignorantly maintain a thousand women have not larger eyes. Enough that she alone has looked at him with eyes that, large or small, have won his soul.

I'll tell you something about true love. There's no science to it. It's as natural as the sky.

Dead shepherd, now I find thy saw of might. Whoever lov'd that lov'd not at first sight.

There ain't no doubt in my mind that love is the finest thing around

Hear my soul speak. Of the very instant that I saw you, did my heart fly at your service

Son, you'll know you're in love when a woman's voice settles into your spine.

I love thee and thou art so lovely and so wonderful and so beautiful and it does such things to me to be with thee that I feel as though I wanted to die when I am loving thee.

Love can make a great celebration out of your life - but only love, not lust, not ego, not possessiveness, not jealousy, not dependence.

Will you look into my eyes and tell me that you love me now?

You're the love of my life. I don't care how corny that sounds. You're the start of it, and the end of it. And you're the best of it.

True love is better than glory.

[She] knew that it was not precisely a body that one loved. One loved the man who shone out through the eyes and used its mouth to smile and speak.

For an hour, blended with all she could offer, something noble had been created which had nothing to do with the physical world. And from the turn of his throat, the warmth of his hair, the strong, slender sinews of his hands, something further; which had. Though she combed the earth and searched through the smoke of the galaxies there was no being she wanted but this, who was not and should not be for Philippa Somerville.

Now love's the only thing that's free /We must take it where it's found /Pretty soon it may be costly

This was love at first sight, love everlasting: a feeling unknown, unhoped for, unexpected--in so far as it could be a matter of conscious awareness; it took entire possession of him, and he understood, with joyous amazement, that this was for life.

My love is my soul's imagination. How do I love you? Imagine.

Love, and love alone, is capable of giving thee a happier life.

I've got you deep in the heart of me.

Love is a great thing, a good above all others, which alone maketh every burden light.