On Love and Marriage

In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours.
In all the world, there is no love for you like mine. — Maya Angelou

Love doesn’t make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning

If I know what love is, it is because of you. — Herman Hesse

And, in the end
the love you take
is equal to the love you make. ― Paul McCartney

You know, when it works, love is pretty amazing. It's not overrated. There's a reason for all those songs. ― Sarah Dessen

Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly. — Paulo Coelho

Grow old along with me; the best is yet to be. — Robert Browning

A good marriage is one where each partner secretly suspects they got the better deal. — Unknown

People are weird. When we find someone with weirdness that is compatible with ours, we team up and call it love. — Dr. Seuss

There are a hundred paths through the world that are easier than loving. But who wants easier? —Mary Oliver

Love is a friendship set to music. — Joseph Campbell

To keep your marriage brimming
with love in the loving cup,
whenever you’re wrong, admit it;
whenever you’re right, shut up. — Ogden Nash

You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not. ― Jodi Picoult

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever. ― Alfred Tennyson

Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new. ― Ursula K. Le Guin

"Do I love you? My god, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches." — The Princess Bride

I love you not only for what you are,
but for what I am when I am with you. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. — 1 Corinthians 13:4-5

I have found the one my heart loves. — Song of Solomon 3:4

I would not wish any companion in the world but you. — William Shakespeare, The Tempest

On Chess

The most powerful weapon in chess is to have the next move. — David Bronstein

On Games

Life is more fun if you play games. — Roald Dahl

We do not stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing! ― Benjamin Franklin

A little nonsense now and then is cherished by the wisest men. — Roald Dahl