Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
~William Shakespeare, Mid-Summer Night's Dream, 1595
Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endureth his torments willingly.
~Proverb
The lover is a monotheist who knows that other people worship different gods but cannot himself imagine that there could be other gods.
~ Theodor Reik, Of Love and Lust, 1957
