Eros has degenerated; he began by introducing order and harmony, and now he brings back chaos. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
I spit honey out of my mouth: nothing is second-best after the sweet of Eros. — Hilda Doolittle Copy Share Image
Christianity gave Eros poison to drink; he did not die of it, certainly, but degenerated to Vice. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Mind out of the gutter, Suze. Eros is only one kind of love, eh? Ancient Greeks recognised four.” — Peter Watts Copy Share Image
Eros seizes and shakes my very soul like the wind on the mountain shaking ancient oaks. — Sappho Copy Share Image
“Love, the phenomenal act of canceling self in favor of the very same self.” — Giannis Delimitsos Copy Share Image
“Eros is my sun, Ares is my fire, but Hephaestus is my rock, my foundation, and no matter where I go or… — Aimee Carter Copy Share Image
“He [Cupid] was Love [Eros] reborn. And as he was born after his parents coupled as Love-Birds, he was born with little… — Nicholas Chong Copy Share Image
Those who cannot conceive of Friendship as a substantive love but only as a disguise or elaboration of Eros betray the fact… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Writing, playing, composing, painting, reading, listening, looking-all require that we submit to being swept away by Eros, to a transformation of self… — Stephen Nachmanovitch Copy Share Image
To be running breathlessly, but not yet arrived, is itself delightful, a suspended moment of living hope. — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
Why did you hit him? (Grace) Because it gave me a great deal of pleasure. (Julian) Nice. You haven’t seen me in… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
“Agape, eros, and chastity, a heady combination that would make even the strongest man fall to his knees” — Sylvain Reynard Copy Share Image
What are the sources of poetry? Love and death and the paradox of love and death. All poetry from the beginning is… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
At home, besides being Peter or Jane, we also bear a general character; husband or wife, brother or sister, chief, colleague or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Nico, you can do this," Jason said. "It might be embarrassing, but it's for the scepter." Nico didn't look convinced. In fact… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“I may now add that civilization is a process in the service of Eros, whose purpose is to combine single human individuals,… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
Defenceless under the night Our world in stupor lies; Yet, dotted everywhere, Ironic points of light Flash out wherever the Just Exchange… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The story of Psyche finally made sense to him- why a mortal girl would be so afraid. Why would she risk breaking… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“The more you gaze into her eyes, the more you will see what you want, what is actually inside your heart. And… — Michael Harrington Copy Share Image
Just because a thing can't be done doesn't mean it can't be did. We all look into mirrors and see phantoms. Our… — Dean Young Copy Share Image
As Venus within Eros does not really aim at pleasure, so Eros does not aim at happiness. We may think he does,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The kind of love that God has for us, I think, is of an infinite longing for union, and the kind of… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
“Images flashed through his mind. He saw Nico and his sister on a snowy cliff in Maine, Percy Jackson protecting them from… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“It is always astonishing how love can strike. No context is love-proof, no convention or commitment impervious. Even a lifestyle which is… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
I think most generations tend to learn the lesson of war the hard way. There is a deep attraction to the empowerment.… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
“I tend to interpret that whole 'everyone's wife is a Mossad agent' thing in a more sort of metaphorical way--that people you're… — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
Ways of loving from a distance, mating without even touching-Amor platonicus! The ladder of love one is expected to climb higher and… — Elif Safak Copy Share Image
“Preferential love seeks only those who share one's passions--the more similar the lovers the more fervent the love. By contrast, neighbour love… — Stephen Backhouse Copy Share Image
“Of course, one might object that it is impossible for one person, one woman, to represent the ideal of both agape and… — Sylvain Reynard Copy Share Image
“Eros, again now, the loosener of limbs troubles me, Bittersweet, sly, uncontrollable creature….” — Sappho Copy Share Image
“Il cristianesimo dette da bere il veleno a Eros. Questi non ne morì, ma ben degenerò, in vizio.” — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Better to be miserable with her than happy without her. Let our hearts break provided they break together. If the voice within… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Eros is a unique experience but it is not love itself. It bridges the gap between sexuality and love; it spans the… — John Pierrakos Copy Share Image
The words we read and words we write never say exactly what we mean. The people we love are never just as… — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
Photography has a natural affinity for the strategies of surrealism - the exaltation of chance and eros, the exploration of obsession and… — Douglas McCulloh Copy Share Image