No man is an island
Though not a simplistic love or heartbroken related quotes, the next quote is one worth your time and thoughts. It was written by John Donne, an English poet who lived approximately 500 years ago (1572-1631) and wrote in many types of styles, especially ones with religious and love motifs.
His most famous quote, also known as No Man is an Island or For Whom the Bell Tolls quoted below:
“No man is an Iland, intire of it selfe; every man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; if a Clod bee washed away by the Sea, Europe is the lesse, as well as if a Promontorie were, as well as if a Mannor of thy friends or of thine owne were; any mans death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankinde; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee.”
This beautiful quote actually means one basic thing: mankind is a social kind, one meant to share life with others. Again, this may not be connected directly to love quotes but can certainly apply in many broken heart related matters.
The Song of Songs by King Solomon
This Jewish biblical poet was supposedly written by King Solomon who had 1,000 wives (big authority on matters of the heart). This “song” is a beautifully written masterpiece 3,000 years old. Some say it is a love song to god or the bible, I prefer to interpret it for exactly what it is: a sensual love song sang in two voices, a man and a woman expressing their love for each other. The stuff worth quoting starts at bout chapter 3 (there are 8 chapters to the Song of Songs).
From chapter 3 and 4
- “By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.”
- “It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.”
- ” Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
- “I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.”
- “My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.”
- “I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.”
- “How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!”
- “I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me.”
- “His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.”
- “Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.”
Chapters 5 and 6
- “I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.”
- “My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.”
- “I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.”
Chapters 7 and 8
- “How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!”
- “I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me.”
- “His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.”
- “Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.”
There are some strong memorable quotes in the Song of Songs, though written in outdated language, the song is worth your time and thoughts, as it is one of the most beautiful and meaningful love poets ever written.
For the full text see here