Intimacy

“My bounty is as boundless as the sea, / My love as deep; the more I give to thee, / The more I have, for both are infinite.”

“I like you when you are quiet, because it is as though you are absent.”

“Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping. / For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.”

“The Soul selects her own Society — / Then — shuts the Door — / To her divine Majority — / Present no more — / Unmoved — she notes the Chariots — pausing — / At her low Gate —”

“If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence.”

“Love seeketh not itself to please, / Nor for itself hath any care, / But for another gives its ease, / And builds a Heaven in Hell's despair.”

“We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet, / For auld lang syne, / And surely ye'll be your pint-stowp! / And surely I'll be mine!”

“I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.”

“A faithful friend is a strong shelter; he who finds one finds a treasure.”

“You have made me endless, such is your pleasure.”

“God be thanked, the meanest of his creatures boasts two soul-sides, one to face the world with, one to show a woman when he loves her.”

“Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.”

“Nothing in the world is single; / All things by a law divine / In one spirit meet and mingle. / Why not I with thine?”

“For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love”

“When my love swears that she is made of truth / I do believe her, though I know she lies”

“So close that your hand upon my chest is mine, / So close that your eyes close with my dreams.”

“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.”

“Thus with a kiss I die.”