Adversity Quote by Helen Oyeyemi

“There it was, that dreaded word: love. I did not want to be loved, that was the burden. Unwanted love was the greatest burden…

— Margaret George The Autobiography of Henry VIII

“There is no burden in love, because love is always selfish”

— Novellina A

“...love was and opportunity, not a burden.”

— Adib Khorram

“Theres no misery in not being loved, only in not loving”

— Rod McKuen

Love burdens itself with the wants and woes and losses and even the wrongs of others.

— Fulton J. Sheen

“It was a burden to be so loved”

— G. Willow Wilson

“The one who loves most becomes subordinate and must suffer—his”

— Thomas Mann

“History as a whole is the struggle between love and the inability to love, between love and the refusal to love.”

— Pope Benedict XVI

“and no one likes to be forced to do anything. In fact, love is always freely given. Love cannot be demanded. We can request…

— Gary Chapman

“Love was a burden that could bring the strongest to their knees.”

— Victoria Davies

“Having love and not giving it is just as difficult as not having love and needing it”

— Katerina Stoykova Klemer

A burden that one chooses is not felt.

— Mrthrill