„Alas, that love, so gentle in his view,Should be so tyrannous and rough in proof!*It’s sad. Love looks like a nice thing, but it’s actually very rough when you experience it.“

— William Shakespeare

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„If love be rough with you, be rough with love. Prick love for pricking and you beat love down.“
— William Shakespeare
„Is love a tender thing? It is too rough, too rude, too boisterous, and it pricks like thorn.“
— William Shakespeare
„You're lovely as a flower,So pure and fair to see;I look at you, and sadnessComes stealing over me.“
— Heinrich Heine
„You are like a chestnut burr, prickly outside, but silky-soft within, and a sweet kernel, if one can only get at it. Love will make you show your heart some day, and then the rough burr will fall off.“
— Louisa May Alcott
„When I hold you in my arms,I know that I can't do no wrong.And when I hold you in my arms,My love can't do me no harm.And I feel nice, like sugar and spiceI feel nice, like sugar and spice.So nice, so nice, well I got you.“
— James Brown
„It doesn't matter who you are or what you look like so long as somebody loves you.“
— Roald Dahl