Ardent

Famous quotes containing the word ardent:

“Unconditional love also includes—the ardent desire to be abused: at that point it is a defiance directed against itself, and out of its devotion the very wish for self-annihilation finally arises: “Drown in this sea!””
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

“With his ardent arms, man had pulled heaven to earth.”
—Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)

“An ardent lover often makes a cold friend.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)