"What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat?" ― Friedrich Nietzsche Topic(s): Love Tags: about More From Friedrich Nietzsche "A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends." "All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking." "Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?" More In Love "For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love."― Carl Sagan "Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old."― John Ciardi "For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation."― Rainer Maria Rilke