"Over unforced love, the gods themselves had no might."

Poul Anderson Literature See all quotes by Poul Anderson →

React to this quote

More by Poul Anderson

“Life isn’t a fairy tale; the knight who kills the dragon doesn’t necessarily get the princess. So what? Who’d want to live in a cosmos less rich and various than the real one?”

“On our Earth, we’ve perforce learned all the knavery there is to know.”

“Men, whose span is cruelly short, rush nonetheless to death in their youth as to a maiden’s arms.”

“It was lonely, not even knowing yourself.”

“Heim ignored the mob scene on the 3V, rested his eyes on the cold serenity of the Milky Way and thought that this, at least, would endure.”

“What’s the point of our living all these centuries if we haven’t grown up even a little?”

Resonant Thoughts

"I should describe mine own nature as tripartite, my interests consisting of three parallel and dissociated groups— Love of the strange and fantastic. Love of the abstract truth and of scientific logic…"

— H. P. Lovecraft

Literature1890–1937

#love

"I think you can love a person too much.You put someone up on a pedestal, and all of a sudden, from that perspective, you notice what's wrong - a hair out of place, a run in a stocking, a broken bone. …"

— Jodi Picoult

Literature1966

#love

"Love is impossible without bite marks."

— Nelson Rodrigues

Literature1912–1980

#love

"I have always fallen in love fast and without measuring risks. I have a tendency not only to see the best in everyone, but to assume that everyone is emotionally capable of reaching his highest potent…"

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Literature1969

#love