The face of a lover is an unknown, precisely because it is invested with so much of oneself. It is a mystery, containing, like all mysteries, the possibility of torment.

Quote by James Arthur Baldwin

Topics: Love Quotes

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it...

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it...

Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love...

Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love...

The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.

The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot...

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot...

Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and...

Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and...

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

The writer's greed is appalling. He wants, or seems to want, everything and practically everybody,...

The writer's greed is appalling. He wants, or seems to want, everything and practically everybody,...

Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more...

Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more...

Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is...

Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is...

Freedom is not something that anybody can be given; Freedom is something that people take...

Freedom is not something that anybody can be given; Freedom is something that people take...

Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endureth his torments willingly.

Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endureth his torments willingly.

Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you...

Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you...

Society is held together by our need; we bind it together with legend, myth, coercion,...

Society is held together by our need; we bind it together with legend, myth, coercion,...

It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your...

It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your...

To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life,...

To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life,...

The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.

The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.

Love is a beggar who stills begs when one has given him everything

Love is a beggar who stills begs when one has given him everything

The young think that failure is the Siberian end of the line, banishment from all...

The young think that failure is the Siberian end of the line, banishment from all...

It is not a disgrace to fail. Failing is one of the greatest arts in...

It is not a disgrace to fail. Failing is one of the greatest arts in...

Every fair from fair sometime declines

Every fair from fair sometime declines

Your body's just a vehicle, transporting the soul. It's what's inside of people, is beauty...

Your body's just a vehicle, transporting the soul. It's what's inside of people, is beauty...