Quotation by

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack.

Love

Understanding this quote AI Analysis

People often doubt the reality of both rheumatism and genuine love until they experience the pain and challenges that come with them firsthand. Only after going through these difficult moments do they truly understand and believe in their existence.

More by this author

All quotes by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach →

More quotes about Love

See all →

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.

Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself - and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine wi…

Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.

Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes…

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.