Sonnet 15 Quotes

“Then the conceit of this inconstant stay
Sets you rich in youth before my sight,
Where wasteful Time debateth with Decay,
To change your day of youth to sullied night;
And all in war with Time for love of you,
As he takes from you I engraft you new.”
― William Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Sonnets

“While I'm lamenting, every now and then, a doubt arrives to torment me and haunt me: how can these limbs survive without their spirit? Love has an answer, though: "Don't you recall? This is the privilege reserved for lovers, released from all their human qualities.”
― Francesco Petrarca