The theme of love is somehow touched on in almost any literary work. To explain this is very simple - love is recognized as one of the eternal themes, so the reasoning about it will never go out of style. Even today, along with such a rapid development of progress and a complete moral decline against the backdrop of a raging sexual revolution, the beautiful theme of love is exploited in all forms of art.
Phrases about love and life in the masterpieces of world literature
The love experiences of characters in films and literature can sometimes touch not only sensual young ladies and housewives, but also severe men, especially if these experiences are described really talented.
Love phrases are present in almost all literary genres, including the same detective novel. True, the masters of horror have so far refrained from discussing this topic in their works, but who knows how long this trend will continue in modern literature. However, those phrases about love and various aphorisms on this topic that can now be found on the Internet are most often written by classics.
The Lord of Literary Imagery - William Shakespeare
Most of all, the theme of love was exploited, of course, by poets. William Shakespeare saturated all his sonnets and plays with love experiences, and he did it so exquisitely that today some romantics even use his work in their confessions.
Shakespeare’s phrases of love are all thoughtful and very sophisticated. For example, this quote of his is very famous: “The lovers swear to fulfill more than they can, and do not fulfill even a fraction of the possible.” But really, how many promises are made to each other by the lovers during the “pink points” period! And rarely, which ones are actually being implemented. Shakespeare also wrote a magnificent phrase; “With one glance you can kill love, and they can also resurrect it.” One should also think about this - what kind of love is this that is self-destructing due to just one look? It is more like a hobby or just an unhealthy affection. Although, judging by the sonnets, Shakespeare probably also knew the feeling of true love.
"Beautiful Laura"
Many winged phrases about love belonged to the pen of the Italian poet Francesco Petrarch. His collection of lyric poems dedicated to Laura, still fascinates literary scholars.
The writer masterfully described his ever-changing feeling, while significantly raising the bar for other romantics. A quote from Petrarch: “To be able to express how much you love means too little love” is now exploited by modern young people whose young ladies reproach them for rarely verbally expressing their feelings. Beautiful phrases about love are, of course, good, but actions and actual manifestations of one's affection are much more valued than memorized poems or carefully prepared love speeches.
George Byron, in his ironic poem about Don Juan, made a deft reference to Petrarch: “Do you really think that if Laura was the wife of Petrarch, he would write his sonnets all his life?” This reference, as it were, hints to the reader that, according to the author, any marriage actually only destroys love.
Contribution of German Realism to World Romanticism
He loved to use phrases about love with meaning in his works by Erich Maria Remarque. On the Internet you can find his entire quotes, compiled by loyal fans of his work.
This quote is very popular: “Love is not stained by friendship. And the end - he is the end. " This is a very sad, but rather truthful expression. Any friendships after a beautiful romance will cause only unnecessary feelings of nostalgia and sometimes a desire to return everything. Remark also owns the phrase: "No one can become more alien than the one whom you sincerely loved in the recent past." Of course, Remarque’s novels are sad and almost always end badly, but the writer justifiably takes its rightful place among the world classics of literature. This German realist endowed his heroes with tremendous spiritual depth, putting extremely existential phrases about life and love in their mouths. His works are a bastion of wisdom, and therefore their presence in the modern high school curriculum cannot but please real connoisseurs of quality literature.