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Valentine's Day: 10 quotes about love from great authors

鈥淧erhaps they were right in putting love into books,鈥 William Faulkner wrote. 鈥淧erhaps it could not live anywhere else.鈥 Faulkner鈥檚 words remind us that love and literature have always gone hand in hand. And so, in honor of Valentine's Day, here are 10 quotes from celebrated writers on the joys and trials of amour, all taken courtesy of 鈥淟ove: A Book of Quotations,鈥 published by Dover Press.

1. Jane Austen

鈥淚n nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.鈥

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