The right sort of love is recognized by the sort of joy, of general excitement, of exultant life which the presence of someone produces in us and which distinguishes them. You feel better when with them.

Paul Valéry

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Topic

Being in love Love

Author

Paul Valéry

Source

Journals of Paul Valéry

Medium

Personal journal

Language

French

Time

20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Valéry, Paul. Notebook entry. c. 1945.

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Another quote about Love

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the end of Being and ideal Grace.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Topic
Being in love Love

Author

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Source
Sonnets from the Portuguese
Medium
Sonnet Poem
Statement Type
Profession of love Question
Language
English
Time
1850 1850s 19th century
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Original Citation

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. Sonnets from the Portuguese. London: Chapman and Hall, 1850, sonnet 43.

Current Citation

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. "Sonnets from the Portuguese." Aurora Leigh and Other Poems, edited by John Robert Glorney Bolton and Julia Bolton Holloway. Penguin Classics, 1996, sonnet 43.

Another quote originally in French

To name an object is to take away three-fourths of the pleasure given by a poem. This pleasure consists in guessing little by little to suggest it, that is the ideal.

Jules Huret

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Topic
Names Poetry
Speaker
Stephane Mallarme [Etienne Mallarme]

Author

Jules Huret
Language
French
Time
1891 1890s 19th century
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Citation

Mallarme, Stephane. Quoted in "Sur l'Evolution Litteraire [On Literary Evolution]." Enquete de Huret [Investigation by Jules Huret]. Bibliotheque-Charpentier, 1891.