Love must not entreat,' she added, 'or demand. Love must have the strength to become certain within itself. Then it ceases merely to be attracted and begins to attract.

Once he said to her: 'You are like me; you are different from other people. You are Kamala and no one else, and within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat any time and be yourself, just as I can. Few people have that capacity and yet everyone could have it.

One can beg, buy, be presented with and find love in the streets, but it can never be stolen.

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

Perhaps people like us cannot love. Ordinary people can - that is their secret.

Oh, love isn't there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure.