Love hinders death. Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. Everything is, everything exists, only because I love.

Leo Tolstoy, "War and Peace"

Only love is motion and rest in one.

Rabindranath Tagore, "Sadhana. The Realization of Life"

...love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the go easy.

Louisa May Alcott, "Little Women"

Meg had spent the time in working as well as waiting, growing womanly in character, wise in housewifely arts, and prettier than ever, for love is a great beautifier.

Louisa May Alcott, "Little Women"

Love is like a tree; it sprouts forth of itself, sends its roots out deeply through our whole being, and often continues to flourish greenly over a heart in ruins.

Victor Hugo, "The Hunchback Of Notre Dame"

"Oh! love!" said she, and her voice trembled, and her eye beamed. "That is to be two and to be but one. A man and a woman mingled into one angel. It is heaven."

Victor Hugo, "The Hunchback Of Notre Dame"

...love forms a part of wisdom.

Victor Hugo, "Les Miserables"