Love Quote by Leo Tolstoy

“And there was nothing left between them but love, neither pure nor simple, but love it was.”

— Anne Stuart

“You could not have pure love or pure lust nowadays. No emotion was pure, because everything was mixed up with fear and hatred.”

— George Orwell

“Her tone held a challenge. She did not need his condemnation or what his pity. Once, she had wanted his love, but that time…

— India Drummond

“...there seemed some necessity of taking all or nothing; it was as if for the remainder of his life he was condemned to carry…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Perhaps love was worth any and all sacrifice, but that love was of no comfort to those who were sacrificed.”

— Megan Derr

“He wanted them both, but there was no having everything, and love couldn't help him now. Nothing could help him but bravery, and what…

— Paula McLain

“In this present body he hadn't been loved, and he found almost nothing to love about himself.”

— Ann Brashares

“...love was desire and desire was an emptiness.”

— Tarryn Fisher

“And she understood now that love wasn’t just wanting, but a steady devotion, no matter what.”

— Shayla Black

“There wasn’t a bit of innocence or purity in him. He was sinful and cynical. Unapologetic. He cared nothing for the world. He just…

— Joanna Chambers

“He did not suppose, from what he could remember of her, that she had been an unusual women, still less an intelligent one; and…

— George Orwell

“He found something that he wanted, had always wanted and always would want -- not to be admired, as he had feared; not to…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald