Love is…: Let me think

Love is always a best-selling subject. This engaging little hardback book makes an ideal gift not only for special occasions, such as Valentine’s Day, but all year round. The light-hearted, contemporary illustrations will appeal to consumers from late teens upwards. The quotations are taken from a wide variety of sources, including modern films and literary classics, and range from sweet and slushy to cheeky, worldly-wise and cynical. Women were brought up to believe that men were the answer. They weren’t. They weren’t even one of the questions. Julian Barnes
‘I will love you for ever,’ swears the poet. I find this easy to swear too. ‘I will love you at 4.15 p.m. next Tuesday’: is that still as easy? W.H. Auden There are very few of us who have heart enough to be really in love without encouragement. Jane Austen