People who, not being in love themselves, feel that a clever man should only be unhappy about a person who is worth his while; which is rather like being astonished that anyone should condescend to die of cholera at the bidding of so insignificant a creature as the comma bacillus.
Don’t be afraid,” she said, coldly, “ as far as love may go she may be worthy of you. It must have taken a good deal to overcome her pride. Don’t be afraid, John.
When you love you should not think you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
Every one is worthy of love, except him who thinks that he is. Love is a sacrament that should be taken kneeling.
I love you enough for the both of us. And there must be something about me worth loving. If you would just try.
Then you're a bigger fool than I thought. Since when has any man ever been worthy of the woman he loved? It's only by God's grace that they love us in spite of ourselves.
We cannot love something solely because it has been ignored. It must also be worthy of our attention.
Forgive my grief for one removed Thy creature whom I found so fair I trust he lives in Thee and there I find him worthier to be loved.
The desire for love is universal but that has never meant it’s worthy of respect. It’s not admirable to want love, it just is.
