The Little Book of Love

The most inspiring, beautiful and though-provoking reflections and declarations of love, all in one place.From Shakespeare's sonnets to the rom coms of modern-day cinema, Enlightenment philosophy to the latest Nicholas Sparks novel, one could say that no other topic has inspired such beauty - in art, literature, poetry or music - than that of love.In The Little Book of Love the words of civil rights activists sit alongside those of movie stars, world leaders and the philosophers of Ancient Greece. In its pages you will find some hard-won lovers' wisdom, a whole host of poignant and inspiring reflections on love, as well as some of the most famous, endearing and enduring declarations of love ever spoken.'Love is not loveWhich alters when it alteration finds,Or bends with the remover to remove:O no! it is an ever-fixed markThat looks on tempests and is never shaken...'William Shakespeare, 'Sonnet 116''I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.'Pip, Charles Dickens' Great Expectations (1860)'With the whole world crumbling, we pick this time to fall in love.'Ilsa Lund, Casablanca (1942)

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The OH list features innovative, quirky books that reflect style, popular culture and current trends.The OH list features innovative, quirky books that reflect style, popular culture and current trends.

Product details

• Authors: Orange Hippo!, OH, Orange Hippo!
• Assisted by: Orange Hippo (Editor), OH (Editor), Orange Hippo! (Editor)
• Publisher: Welbeck
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9781911610991
• ISBN: 978-1-911610-99-1
• Dimensions: 120 mm x 145 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Little Book of
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Partnership, sexuality; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; REFERENCE / Quotations, Dating, relationships, living together & marriage, Gift books, Dictionaries Of Quotations, Quotations, proverbs and sayings