“Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.”– H. L. Mencken Related Quotes “I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for religion – I have shuddered at it. I shudder no more – I could be martyred for my religion – Love is my religion – I could die for that.”– John Keats “Love is what you’ve been through with somebody.”– James Thurber “Who so loves believes the impossible.”– Elizabeth Barrett Browning