A bell is no bell 'til you ring it,
A song is no song 'til you sing it,
And love in your heart
Wasn?t put there to stay -
Love USN?t love
'Til you give it away.
--Oscar Hammerstein, Sound of Music, "You Are Sixteen (Reprise)"
(Thanks, Krystel)
Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love; it is the faithless who know Love's tragedies. --Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
Life only starts when love comes. --From the movie Bill of Divorcement, 1932
Life seems nothing more than a quick succession of busy nothings."--From the movie Mansfield Park
Jack Palance: "Do you know what the secret of life is? One thing. Just one thing. You stick to that and everything else don't mean shit."
Billy Crystal: "Yeah, but what's that one thing?"
Jack Palance: "That's what you've got to figure out."
--From the movie City Slickers