If I said I was madly in love with you, I'd be lying and what's more, you'd know it.
Margaret MitchellRead
Forgive me for startling you with the impetuosity of my sentiments, my dear Scarlett—I mean, my dear Mrs. Kennedy. It cannot have escaped your notice that for some time past the friendship I have had in my heart for you has ripened into a deeper feeling, a feeling more beautiful, more pure, more sacred. Dare I name it you? Ah! It is love which makes me so bold!
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote expresses a deepening romantic feeling from friendship to love.
In this quote, the speaker confesses to Scarlett that their feelings have evolved from mere friendship into a profound love. They describe this transformation as a natural progression, highlighting the purity and beauty of true love, which they feel compelled to express despite the fear of startling her. The sentiment reflects the courage it takes to openly acknowledge one's deeper emotions.
Themes
LoveFriendshipFeelingsCourageEmotion
In practice
Example use cases
This quote could be used during a wedding ceremony to speak about the journey from friendship to love.
More from Margaret Mitchell
All quotes →You're like the thief who isn't the least bit sorry he stole, but is terribly, terribly sorry he's going to jail. - Rhett Butler
Margaret MitchellRead
It's a curse - this not wanting to look on naked realities. Until the war, life was never more real to me than a shadow show on a curtain. And I preferred it so. I do not like the outlines of things to be too sharp. I like them gently blurred, a little hazy.
Margaret MitchellRead
Well, my dear, take heart. Some day, I will kiss you and you will like it. But not now, so I beg you not to be too impatient.
Margaret MitchellRead
men are so conceited they’ll believe anything that flatters them
Margaret MitchellRead
Oh, why was he so handsomely blond, so courteously aloof, so maddeningly boring with his talk about Europe and books and music and poetry and things that interested her not at all - and yet so desirable?
Margaret MitchellRead
Similar quotes
I understand lost love, and I think that can destroy a man more than anything if it was a deep love that is lost somehow.
Sam ElliottRead
You were the vampire in my dream. My perfect one.
Anne RiceRead
What all of us long for in our hearts, at Christmastime and always, is to feel bound together in love with the sweet assurance that it can last forever.
Henry B. EyringRead
This is how moths speak to each other. They tell their love across the fields by scent. There is no mouth, the wrong words are impossible, either a mate is there or he is not, and if so the pair will find each other in the dark.
Barbara KingsolverRead
During my incarceration Mother visited me. She had in some way managed to leave the workhouse and was making an effort to establish a home for us. Her presence was like a bouquet of flowers; she looked so fresh and lovely that I felt ashamed of my unkempt appearance and my shaved iodined head.'You must excuse his dirty face,' said the nurse.Mother laughed, and how well I remember her endearing words as she hugged and kissed me: 'With all thy dirt I love thee still.
Charlie ChaplinRead
I don't write songs about a specific, elusive thing. I write about love, and everyone knows what it is like to have your heart broken.
AdeleRead