--- title: "12 Love Laws Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 12 Love Laws quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Love Laws sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/090/colman-mccarthy-31775_failure_the-failure-of-love-that-s-what-all-laws_1742904.jpg" --- > [The failure of love, that's what all laws are really.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colman-mccarthy/the-failure-of-love-that-s-what-all-laws-are-really/) [Colman McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colman-mccarthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/090/colman-mccarthy-31775_failure_the-failure-of-love-that-s-what-all-laws_1742904.jpg) > [I got lucky: I love my in-laws.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaitlin-olson/i-got-lucky-i-love-my-in-laws/) [Kaitlin Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaitlin-olson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad8/kaitlin-olson-17416_got_i-got-lucky-i-love-my-in-laws-2810089_2810089.jpg) > [“only that once again they broke the Love Laws. That lay down who should be loved. And how, And how much.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-god-of-small-things-arundathi-roy/only-that-once-again-they-broke-the-love-laws-that-lay-down-who/) [The God of Small Things Arundathi Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-god-of-small-things-arundathi-roy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/624/the-god-of-small-things-arunda_life-lessons_only-that-once-again-they-broke-the-love_2737173.jpg) > [That it really began in the days when the Love Laws were made. The laws that lay down who should be loved,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/that-it-really-began-in-the-days-when-the-love-laws-were-made-the/) [Arundhati Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arundhati-roy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/250/arundhati-roy-346_law_that-it-really-began-in-the-days-when-th_619035.png) > [“With chaste affections man and wife In solemn wedlock it entwines. Love’s laws most trusty comrades bind. How happy is the human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boethius/with-chaste-affections-man-and-wife-in-solemn-wedlock-it-entwines/) [Boethius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boethius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80a/boethius-11247_human-race_with-chaste-affections-man-and-wife-in-s_2893417.png) > [Love is above the laws, above the opinion of men; it is the truth, the flame, the pure element, the primary idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madame-de-stael/love-is-above-the-laws-above-the-opinion-of-men-it-is-the-truth-the/) [Madame de Stael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madame-de-stael/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39c/madame-de-stael-2069_above-the-law_love-is-above-the-laws-above-the-opinion_1411690.jpg) > [“Whatever love laws have to be broken, the first few seconds suffice. After that everything is a matter of time and incident.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amruta-patil/whatever-love-laws-have-to-be-broken-the-first-few-seconds-suffice/) [Amruta Patil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amruta-patil/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e91/amruta-patil-35337_love_whatever-love-laws-have-to-be-broken-the_1305446.jpg) > [Englishmen are said to love their laws; - that is the reason, I suppose, they give us so many of them, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-letitia-barbauld/englishmen-are-said-to-love-their-laws-that-is-the-reason-i-suppose/) [Anna Letitia Barbauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-letitia-barbauld/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/931/anna-letitia-barbauld-16166_different_englishmen-are-said-to-love-their-laws-t_2284639.png) > [Why should men love the Church? Why should they love her laws? She tells them of Life and Death, and of all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/why-should-men-love-the-church-why-should-they-love-her-laws-she/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/681/t-s-eliot-633_christianity_why-should-men-love-the-church-why-shoul_2249083.png) > [“Why should men love the Church? Why should they love her laws? She tells them of Life and Death, and of all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot-2/why-should-men-love-the-church-why-should-they-love-her-laws-she-2/) [T.S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc8/t-s-eliot-2-1761_death_why-should-men-love-the-church-why-shoul_2522160.jpg) > [But what was there to say? Only that there were tears. Only that Quietness and Emptiness fitted together like stacked spoons. Only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/but-what-was-there-to-say-only-that-there-were-tears-only-that/) [Arundhati Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arundhati-roy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb4/arundhati-roy-346_broke_but-what-was-there-to-say-only-that-ther_39677.png) > [“it could be argued that it actually began thousands of years ago. Long before the Marxists came. Before the British took Malabar,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/it-could-be-argued-that-it-actually-began-thousands-of-years-ago-long/) [Arundhati Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arundhati-roy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cb/arundhati-roy-346_christianity_it-could-be-argued-that-it-actually-bega_2471594.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love-laws/#itemlist", "name": "Love Laws Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The failure of love, that's what all laws are really.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Colman McCarthy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colman-mccarthy/the-failure-of-love-that-s-what-all-laws-are-really/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/090/colman-mccarthy-31775_failure_the-failure-of-love-that-s-what-all-laws_1742904.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/090/colman-mccarthy-31775_failure_the-failure-of-love-that-s-what-all-laws_1742904.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/090/colman-mccarthy-31775_failure_the-failure-of-love-that-s-what-all-laws_1742904.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The failure of love, that's what all laws are really.” — Colman McCarthy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I got lucky: I love my in-laws.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kaitlin Olson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaitlin-olson/i-got-lucky-i-love-my-in-laws/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad8/kaitlin-olson-17416_got_i-got-lucky-i-love-my-in-laws-2810089_2810089.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad8/kaitlin-olson-17416_got_i-got-lucky-i-love-my-in-laws-2810089_2810089.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad8/kaitlin-olson-17416_got_i-got-lucky-i-love-my-in-laws-2810089_2810089.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I got lucky: I love my in-laws.” — Kaitlin Olson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“only that once again they broke the Love Laws. 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