Julie de Lespinasse

“There are some things that can only be felt, not said.”

“I love you as one must love, with excess, with madness, with passion.”

“The measure of life is not its duration, but its donation.”

“I suffer, I am unhappy, and I deserve it.”

“There is only one thing in life which is lasting and which is true, and that is the love for one another.”

“My soul is consumed by a devouring fire; I must live, I must be loved, or I must die.”

“To love you, to see you, to hear you: this is the whole foundation of my life.”

“Farewell, my friend. I shall love you until I die.”

“The mind has its needs, but the heart has its own.”

“I do not know how to live unless I love.”

“Happiness is a state of the soul, not a result of circumstances.”

“To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.”

“Ah, my friend, what a life is ours! It is not made for happiness, but for the discharge of duties.”