You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope.
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind.
WS William ShakespearePlaywright & poet · 1564–1616What this quote means
We fall for who someone is, not merely how they look. True affection is guided by understanding far more than by appearances.
Context
English playwright and poet whose lines on love, time, and being remain the most quoted in the language.
This line is among the quotes by William Shakespeare that readers return to on love, drawn from A Midsummer Night's Dream — a small, portable reminder to carry into the morning.
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