Quotations Corner

Love – Forbidden

Quote: “The heart wants what it wants. There’s no logic to these things. You meet someone and you fall in love and that’s that.”

1. • Author: Woody Allen
   • About Author: Woody Allen is an American filmmaker, writer, and actor.
   • Wikipedia link: Woody Allen
   • Context:
     • Expressing the uncontrollable nature of the heart’s desires and the irrationality of love.
     • Highlighting the instantaneous and profound connection that can develop between individuals.
     • Implying that love can arise unexpectedly and defy rational reasoning.

Quote: “The more that social democracy develops, grows, and becomes stronger, the more the enlightened masses of workers will take their own destinies, the leadership of their movement, and the determination of its direction into their own hands.”

1. • Author: Rosa Luxemburg
   • About Author: Rosa Luxemburg was a Polish Marxist theorist, philosopher, and revolutionary socialist.
   • Wikipedia link: Rosa Luxemburg
   • Context:
     • Discussing the inevitable progression and empowerment of the working class within the framework of social democracy.
     • Implying that as society evolves, individuals gain more control over their collective fate and shape the direction of their movement.

Quote: “The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.”

1. • Author: Victor Hugo
   • About Author: Victor Hugo was a French poet, novelist, and playwright.
   • Wikipedia link: Victor Hugo
   • Context:
     • Expressing the profound joy and contentment that comes from knowing we are loved unconditionally.
     • Highlighting the idea that true love accepts and embraces our flaws and imperfections.
     • Conveying the belief that being loved authentically is one of life’s greatest sources of happiness.

Quote: “The heart has its reasons, which reason does not know.”

1. • Author: Blaise Pascal
   • About Author: Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher.
   • Wikipedia link: Blaise Pascal
   • Context:
     • Acknowledging that the heart operates based on its own intuitive and emotional logic.
     • Suggesting that love cannot always be comprehended or rationalized through logical reasoning alone.
     • Implying that matters of the heart often transcend the limits of reason and logic.

Quote: “We loved with a love that was more than love.”

1. • Author: Edgar Allan Poe
   • About Author: Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, and literary critic.
   • Wikipedia link: Edgar Allan Poe
   • Context:
     • Describing an intense and profound love that exceeds conventional boundaries.
     • Conveying the idea that their love transcended the ordinary and reached a level of extraordinary depth and intensity.
     • Suggesting that their connection went beyond the limitations of ordinary love.

Quote: “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”

1. • Author: Maya Angelou
   • About Author: Maya Angelou was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist.
   • Wikipedia link: Maya Angelou
   • Context:
     • Expressing the deep emotional pain and anguish caused by keeping a forbidden love hidden.
     • Highlighting the torment of carrying a secret love that cannot be openly shared or acted upon.
     • Implying the heavy burden that comes with concealing one’s true feelings.

Quote: “The heart wants what it wants, or else it does not care.”

1. • Author: Emily Dickinson
   • About Author: Emily Dickinson was an American poet known for her reclusive lifestyle and unique poetic style.
   • Wikipedia link: Emily Dickinson
   • Context:
     • Emphasizing the relentless and unwavering nature of the heart’s desires.
     • Suggesting that the heart’s longing is indifferent to societal norms or restrictions.
     • Implying that the heart’s yearnings cannot be easily suppressed or controlled.