Judith Viorst Quotes

As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold.

Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.

Love is what you've been through with somebody.

Love is moral even without legal marriage, but marriage is immoral without love.

In our minds, love and lust are really separated. It's hard to find someone that can be kind and you can trust enough to leave your kids with, and isn't afraid to throw her man up against the wall and lick him from head to toe.

Love is blind.

Lust is temporary, romance can be nice, but love is the most important thing of all. Because without love, lust and romance will always be short-lived.

It's love. It's two men - two strong, very virile men - finding that space in life where they can let go enough of their masculinity to feel the passion of love and respect and trust. Friendships are based on those things, and you seal it with a kiss.

Love is an action verb, and romance is the result of those actions.

For me, love is the most important force. It moves the universe.

The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.

I believe love is the most powerful energy we have in this life. Everything is about love.

Love is only one of many passions.

The more we are filled with thoughts of lust the less we find true romantic love.

Love is about mutual respect, apart from attraction.

Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life.

Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is.

Love is so holy, so confusing. It makes a man anxious, tormented. Love, how can I define it?

Two people can make love but that isn't necessarily love.

When love is deep, much can be accomplished.

There is a physical relationship with a woman that you don't have with anybody else, but that's not about love. Love is a spiritual thing.

I prefer love over sex.

Love is energy of life.

Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.

I want love, because love is the best feeling in the whole world.