First love is unrequited ultimately because it’s so huge.It’s such an act of giving and it requires so much back that it can never be given back. It’s like an atom bomb. It’s like… It’s all the energy of who you are and who you want to be and what you love and what you hope to be explodes. It is impossible for a single... human being to offer that back to you in a mutual way.

All love is betrayal, in that it flatters life. The loveless man is best armed.

I became aware that the invincible power that has moved the world is unrequited, not happy, love.

All thirsts are without explanations, as are all loves.

But love is unworldly, and nothing comes of it but love...

Love is all.

I'm the absolute queen bee of unrequited love.

Love is never governed by Reason.

I have to admit, an unrequited love is so much better than a real one. I mean, it's perfect... As long as something is never even started, you never have to worry about it ending. It has endless potential.

Unrequited love may be painful, but it is safely painful, because it does not involve inflicting damage on anyone but oneself, a private pain that is as bittersweet as it is self-induced. But as soon as love is reciprocated, one must be prepared to give up the passivity of simply <i>being</i> hurt to take on the responsibility of perpetrating hurt oneself.

All love, ultimately, is self-love.

Love demands all, and has a right to all.

We all wish to be loved alone.

Out of love,
No regrets — Though the goodness
Be wasted forever.

Out of love,
No regrets — Though the return
Be never.