Whether sardonic or smoochy,sacred or profane, the language of love blazes through books. Light your fire with our Valentine’s Day quiz1“I thought an hour ago that I loved you more than any woman has ever loved a man, or but a half hour after that I knew that what I felt before was nothing compared to what I felt then. But ten minutes after that,I understood that my previous love was a puddle compared to the tall seas before a storm.”Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingRules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis2“I asked Pandora how long she would love me. She said, ‘As long as Britain has Gibraltar.’”The Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 ¾ by Sue TownsendHigh Fidelity by Nicholas HornbySubmarine by Joe DunthorneThe Fault in Our Stars by John Green3I love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest.”A Walk to Remember by Nicholas SparksMuch Ado approximately Nothing by William ShakespeareWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyTropic of Cancer by Henry Miller4”You know what I am going to say. I love you. What other men may mean when they use that expression, or I cannot divulge; what I mean is,that I am under the influence of some tremendous attraction which I contain resisted in vain, and which overmasters me.”Our Mutual Friend by Charles DickensPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëMiddlemarch by George Eliot5“whether there ever comes a day when we can’t be together, and retain me in your heart. I’ll stay there forever.”Twilight by Stephanie MeyerThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe House at Pooh Corner by AA MilneThe Notebook by Nicholas Sparks6“Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman,that his love has an earlier death. I contain loved none but you.”Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas HardyOutlander by Diana GabaldonPersuasion by Jane AustenA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare7“I spent hours putting that cassette together. To me making a tape is like writing a letter - there’s a lot of erasing and rethinking and starting again, and I wanted it to be a good one.”Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyTrue Confessions of Adrian Mole by Sue TownsendHigh Fidelity by Nick HornbyPaper Towns by John Green8”The friendship I contain had in my heart for you has ripened into a deeper feeling, and a feeling more beautiful,more pure, more sacred. Dare I name it you? Ah! It is love which makes me so bold!Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell9“I only had sex with her because I’m in love with you.”Atonement by Ian McEwanRules of Attraction by Bret Easton EllisMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesFifty Shades of Grey by EL James10“Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain and sickness it would still be dear.”The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëNever Let Me depart by Kazuo IshiguroPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen11”I contain waited for this opportunity for more than half a century, and to repeat to you once again my vow of eternal fidelity and everlasting love.”The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerMiddlemarch by George EliotWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez12“I like you very much. Just as you are.”Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesFifty Shades of Grey by EL JamesOutlander by Diana Gabaldon
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Source: theguardian.com