Love itself is what is left over when being "in love" has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. — Louis de Bernieres Copy Share Image
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… — Louis de Bernieres Copy Share Image
Family law is institutionally anti-male. I've been lobbying MPs, and I'm not going to give up campaigning for equality until I get equality. — Louis de Bernieres Copy Share Image
...but then the general trouble with ignorance is always that the ignorant person has no idea that that's what they are. You can be… — Louis de Bernieres Copy Share Image
Did you know that childhood is the only time in our lives when insanity is not only permitted to us, but expected? — Louis de Bernieres Copy Share Image
God is an oppressor, He is incapable of human sympathy; behind a smiling face He hides an evil heart. — Louis de Bernieres Copy Share Image
Your lips are like sugar And your cheeks an apple Your breasts are paradise And your body a lily. O, to kiss the sugar… — Louis de Bernieres Copy Share Image
When you fall in love, it is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake, and then it subsides. And when it subsides, you… — Louis de Bernieres Copy Share Image
The De Bernieres were very military. I broke the military tradition but I was terribly proud of my father being a soldier. — Louis de Bernieres Copy Share Image
We should care for each other more than we care for ideas, or else we will end up killing each other. — Louis de Bernieres Copy Share Image
“Pelagia put her hands on her hips, taking advantage of the superiority implicit in the fact that she was standing and he lying down.” — Louis de Bernières Copy Share Image
