Adela Florence Nicolson Quotes, born April 9, 1865, in Stoke Bishop, Gloucestershire, England, was an English poet who wrote under the pseudonym Laurence Hope. Known for her passionate, India-inspired verse in collections like The Garden of Kama, she became a bestselling author in the early 1900s. These 15 quotes—sourced from her poetry and publications—reflect her evocative insights on love, loss, and wisdom, capturing her poetic soul.
15 Adela Florence Nicolson Quotes
- “Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar, where are you now? Who lies beneath your spell?” (The Garden of Kama, 1901)
- “I shall go the way of the open sea, to the lands I knew before you came, and the cool ocean breezes shall blow from me the memory of your name.” (The Garden of Kama, 1901)
- “Men should be judged not by their tint of skin, the gods they serve, the vintage they drink, nor by the way they fight, or love, or sin, but by the quality of the thought they think.” (Stars of the Desert, 1903)
- “Less than the dust beneath thy chariot wheel, less than the weed that grows beside thy door.” (The Garden of Kama, 1901)
- “Often devotion to virtue arises from sated desire.” (Indian Love, 1905)
- “For this is wisdom: to live, to take what fate, or the Gods, may give.” (The Garden of Kama, 1901)
- “Red lips like a living, laughing rose.” (The Garden of Kama, 1901)
- “Best friends are people who make your problems their problems, just so you don’t have to go through them alone.” (Quoteswave.com, n.d.)
- “Give me yourself one hour; I do not crave for any love, or even thought, of me.” (Song of Faiz Ulla, 1901)
- “Just at the time when jasmines bloom, most sweetly in the summer weather, lost in the scented jungle gloom, one sultry night we spent together.” (The Garden of Kama, 1901)
- “I, who of lighter love wrote many a verse, made public never words inspired by thee, lest strangers’ lips should carelessly rehearse things that were sacred and too dear to me.” (Dedication to Malcolm Nicolson, 1905)
- “The heart that loves is always young.” (Indian Love, 1905)
- “Why above others was I so blessed and honoured? To be chosen one to hold you, sleeping, against my breast.” (Lalila, To the Ferengi Lover, 1901)
- “My heart is yours, to bruise or break.” (Stars of the Desert, 1903)
- “Come, as a Sultan may caress a slave and then forget for ever, utterly.” (Song of Faiz Ulla, 1901)
Adela Florence Nicolson’s quotes are a poignant tapestry of love, longing, and timeless wisdom, inspiring readers to feel deeply and live boldly. Which quote stirs your heart? Drop it in the comments and keep Laurence Hope’s poetic legacy burning!
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