“Romance is tempestuous. Love is calm.”– Mason Cooley Related Quotes “For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.”– Aristotle “Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can and surely will at times fail. Other vulnerabilities, like being embarrassed or risking love, can be terrifying, too. I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.”– Joyce Brothers “To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.”– Alphonse de Lamartine