Romance Quote by Honoré de Balzac — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Love is the poetry of the senses!”

“Who is to decide which is the grimmer sight: withered hearts, or empty skulls?”

“Glory is the sunshine of the dead”

“Death is as unexpected in his caprice as a courtesan in her disdain; but death is truer – Death has never forsaken any man”

“If the human heart sometimes finds moments of pause as it ascends the slopes of affection, it rarely halts on the way down.”

“The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition.”

“He was terrified she'd go and do something brutal, like smile at him.”

“Love is not maximum emotion. Love is maximum commitment.”

“Macy said I was different, but I’m only different when I’m drunk. Strange thoughts come into my head then. Thoughts that don’t belong inside an ugly person’s head.”

“I want to be part of your story. I want your story to rearrange the symbols in my mind. I want your voice to be my voice.”

“I’ll be your friend in daylight. I’ll treat you as a comrade in every gas-lit ballroom. But alone, under moonlight, I’ll not pretend that I want you for anything but mine.”

“The calming presence of the forest merged with the beating hearts of the human beings, each of whom was emanating the same peaceful energy that Emily was feeling. This is magical, she thought. I could live my life doing this. And then the moment passed.”