— D.H. Lawrence English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter 1885 - 1930
„Give me to live with Love alone
And let the world go dine and dress;
For Love hath lowly haunts…
If life's a flower, I choose my own—
'T is "love in Idleness."“
"Dolce far Niente", Stanza 4, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
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— Ed Sheeran English singer-songwriter and producer 1991
Give Me Love, written with Jake Gosling and Chris Leonard.
Song lyrics, + (2011)
— Ephrem the Syrian Syriac deacon and a prolific Syriac-language hymnographer and theologian of the 4th century 306 - 373
"Prayer of Ephrem" as translated in The Lenten Triodion (1978) by Mother Mary and Archimandrite Kallistos Ware, p. 69
Variant translations:
O Lord and Master of my life, give me not a spirit of sloth, vain curiosity, lust for power and idle talk, but give to me, your servant, a spirit of soberness, humility, patience and love. O Lord and King, grant me to see my own faults and not to condemn my brother: for you are blessed for ever and ever. Amen. O God, cleanse me, a sinner.
As translated in Who's Holding the Umbrella (1984) by William E. Yaeger, p. 70
Kontext: O Lord and Master of my life, give me not a spirit of sloth, vain curiosity, lust for power and idle talk, but give to me, Thy servant, a spirit of soberness, humility, patience and love. O Lord and King, grant me to see my own faults and not to condemn my brother: for blessed art Thou to the ages of ages. Amen. O God, cleanse me, a sinner.
„What is the difference between my life and my love? One gets me low, the other lets me go.“
— Vikram Seth, buch An Equal Music
Quelle: An Equal Music
— Sabrina Ward Harrison Canadian writer 1975
Spilling Open: The Art of Becoming Yourself (2000)
— Mary Oliver American writer 1935 - 2019
"In Blackwater Woods"
American Primitive (1983)
Quelle: New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
— Hetty Bowman 1838 - 1872
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 120.
— Tatiana de la tierra Latina writer and activist 1961 - 2012
On her time working for the lesbian magazine esto no tiene nombre (as quoted in “Celebrating Tatiana De La Tierra And The Latina Lesbian Zine Culture Of The '90s” https://bust.com/books/194419-tatiana-de-la-tierra-zine-culture.html in Bust Magazine)
— Robert Herrick, buch Hesperides
" To Anthea, st. 1 http://www.bartleby.com/106/96.html".
Hesperides (1648)
„Pain is not love. Love flowers; love gives without taking; love is serene and calm.“
— Erica Jong Novelist, poet, memoirist, critic 1942
Becoming Light: Poems New and Selected (1991)
— Joshua Sylvester English poet 1563 - 1618
Poem: Love's Omnipresence http://www.bartleby.com/106/25.html
„For life and love you gave to me
I give my thanks for eternity.“
— Bobby Sands Irish volunteer of the Provisional Irish Republican Army 1954 - 1981
Dear Mum
Kontext: A guide to me in times of plight
A princess like a star so bright
For life would never have been the same
If I hadn’t of learned what small things came. So forgive me Mum just a little more
For not loving you so much before,
For life and love you gave to me
I give my thanks for eternity.
„I love anything that haunts me… and never leaves“
— Jeff Buckley American singer, guitarist and songwriter 1966 - 1997
„Love me tender, love me sweet,
Never let me go.“
— Elvis Presley American singer and actor 1935 - 1977
"Love Me Tender" (1956), the lyrics of this song are credited to Presley and co-writer Vera Matson, but were primarily written by Matson's husband, Ken Darby, who when asked why he credited his wife as co-writer with Presley replied "Because she didn't write it either."
Disputed
— Marge Piercy American novelist and poet 1936
"If they come in the night", in The Twelve-Spoked Wheel Flashing (1978); reprinted in Sleeping with Cats: A Memoir (2002).
— John Gay English poet and playwright 1685 - 1732
Fable LXIII, "Plutus, Cupid, and Time"
Fables (1727)
„The world loves stupid labels. I wish we got to choose our own.“
— David Levithan, Boy Meets Boy
Quelle: Boy Meets Boy
