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The Joys of Love QUOTES

The Joys of Love QUOTES

1 " But my memories are like a fire in winter—whenever I'm cold I can warm my hands at them.

—Ditta "

― Madeleine L'Engle , The Joys of Love

2 " Sorry. I get attacks of quotitis every once in a while. It's a very rare disease with no cure. It usually attacks older people, and here i am afflicted with it at my tender age. "

― Madeleine L'Engle , The Joys of Love

3 " The joys of love...last only a moment. The sorrows of love last all the life long. "

― Madeleine L'Engle , The Joys of Love

4 " You're going to get hurt yourself, and badly, if you take everything so hard. "

― Madeleine L'Engle , The Joys of Love

5 " If you're too happy about anything, fate usually gives you a good sock in the jaw and knocks you down. "

― Madeleine L'Engle , The Joys of Love

6 " you've got to learn to walk through a pigpen and not get dirty. "

― Madeleine L'Engle , The Joys of Love

7 " I have never lived before...Until this summer, I did not know what it was to be alive. "

― Madeleine L'Engle , The Joys of Love

8 " Maybe the theatre isn't any place for a reasonable human being after all. It keeps your emotions in such a constant state of upheaval. It's really terribly wearing. I wonder if I could stand it, one emotional upset after the other just going on and on for the rest of my life. "

― Madeleine L'Engle , The Joys of Love

9 " She always had to have someone to love...She couldn't seem to believe that anyone could really love her. She always thought it was because she was a star, not just because of her herself, and she always had to be reassured. "

― Madeleine L'Engle , The Joys of Love

10 " I feel as though I'm not breathing when I'm out of his presence. He's the oxygen in my air, the sun in my universe, the staff of my life.

—Jane Gardiner "

― Madeleine L'Engle , The Joys of Love

11 " I've got a sweater." Ben pulled off his coat and held it out for her. "Here."

"Thanks, Ben. It's lovely and warm." Then she said, "Ben, I-- I can tell you how I feel about-- about everything. I think you're the best friend I've ever had. I-- I'd lie down and die for you if you wanted me to."

"Honey," Ben said. "When I get you to lie down for me it won't be to die. "

― Madeleine L'Engle , The Joys of Love

12 " I've always thought about the theatre like a Christmas tree, all shining and bright with beautiful ornaments. But now it seems like a Christmas tree with the tinsel all tarnished and the colored balls all fallen off and broken...'
Sure, I know what you mean...And it's both ways...Some of the ornaments fall and break and some stay clear and bright. Some of the tinsel gets tarnished and some stays shining and beautiful like the night before Christmas. Nothing's ever all one way. You know that. It's all mixed up and you've just got to find the part that's right for you.'

—Elizabeth and Ben "

― Madeleine L'Engle , The Joys of Love