First love Quote by Edmond De Goncourt

“On the other hand, this affair afforded great delight to Madame Magloire.”

— Victor Hugo

“Our love affair was chic from beginning to end; the rumpled intellectual and the skilled maîtresse.”

— Katherine Bucknell

And hence the poet must seek to be essentially anonymous, He must die a little death each morning, He must swallow his toad and…

— Delmore Schwartz

“According to the biographical notes, Monsieur Julian Carax was twenty-seven, born with the century in Barcelona, and currently living in Paris; he wrote in…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“Really, the insufferable conceit of the man. How dared he have the unutterable gall to know how her knees weakened at the sight of…

— Margaret Westhaven

“The first and last weakness of his life, before him again. For a moment he felt himself blinded by his own memories; his own…

— Wilkie Collins

“Instead, a strange voice whispered, "How can love be a sin? If God did not want us to love, then why did he create…

— Anne Fortier

“It was this that frightened me--the sense that behind the grande amoureuse lay concealed a little bourgeoise who wanted security in love.”

— Anaïs Nin

“The reaction came when he realized the waste and extravagance involved. He somtimes looked back with awe at the carnivals of affection he had…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“It was the strain of a forsaken lady, who after bewailing the perfidy of her lover, calls her pride to her aid, desires her…

— Charlotte Brontë

“Each time he uttered the word ‘Monsieur’ in his mild, compassionable voice, the man’s face lighted up. The courtesy, to the ex-convict, was like…

— Victor Hugo

“Frail to the point of invalidism, without family and with nothing to look forward to, she [Mlle Muguette] yet contrived to be happy. How…

— Gabriel Chevallier