There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often is, between the same man, a lover and a husband.
Samuel Richardson

There is something akin to freedom in having a lover who has no control over you, except that which he gains by kindness and attachment.
Harriet Ann Jacobs

There must be 50 ways to leave your lover.
Paul Simon

Though we hear various reports of his existence we can never find the young wizard who is able so they say to graft the soul of a girl to the soul of her lover so that not even the sharp scissors of the Fates can ever sever them apart.
Harry Crosby

Time is a beautiful thing. It's like when you meet an old lover on the street six years later and they don't look so ugly anymore.
Sarah McLachlan

To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
John Muir

True, He is infinite Majesty, but He is also infinite Goodness and infinite Love. There can be no greater Lord than God; neither can there be a more ardent lover than He.
Alphonsus Liguori

We should all aspire in life to do a multitude of things well - to be a great father, to be a good husband, to be a good lover, you know, to try to do things the best you can is very important to me.
Matthew Modine

We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.
Tom Robbins

What is the student but a lover courting a fickle mistress who ever eludes his grasp?
William Osler

When you lose a lover it's like getting a bad haircut. It grows back in time.
Sammy Davis, Jr.

Who can blind lover's eyes?
Virgil

Writing songs has a therapeutic effect, and it either kills off love or wins the heart of the lover.
Shakira

You come on as a guest. You don't get the girl anymore. But that is our lives. You start off as the boyfriend, then you are the lover, then you are the husband, then you are the father, and then you are the grandfather.
Albert Finney

You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love; the running across fields into your lover's arms can only come later when you're sure they won't laugh if you trip.
Jonathan Carroll

You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.
Henri Matisse