„Gentle lady, do not singSad songs about the end of love;Lay aside sadness and singHow love that passes is enough.Sing about the long deep sleepOf lovers that are dead, and howIn the grave all love shall sleep:Love is aweary now.“

— James Joyce

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„And the story of love is a long sad tale ending in graves.“
— Jack Kerouac
„Love is the song of the soul, singing to God.“
— Paramahansa Yogananda
„I don't sing my mother tongueNo, this is not a love song“
— Till Lindemann
„Sing the rapturous love-song unto me! Burn to me perfumes! Wear to me jewels! Drink to me, for I love you! I love you!“
— Aleister Crowley
„Love is the axis and breath of my life. The art I produce is a byproduct, an excrescence of love, the song I sing, the joy which must explode, the overabundance — that is all!“
— Anaïs Nin