If I Told You I Loved You Would You Hold It Against Me

“If I know what love is, it is because of you.”

— Hermann Hesse, yourtango.com

“When you love someone, really love someone, their happiness is your happiness.”

— Sabina Alexis, anewmode.com

“In the end, love comes down to a decision. You have to consciously decide that you love your partner, and you need to decide this every day for the rest of your shared life.”

— Paul Hudson, elitedaily.com

“I’ll love you with all my heart and make sure you know you’re the only one I care about. I’ll make you feel safe and secure around me, like when we’re together the world can’t touch us. I’ll always keep your promises and won’t wager your trust. I want you to know you can always count on me to be the…”

— Becca Martin, thoughtcatalog.com

“I will treat you as my equal, give your dreams as much weight as mine in my mind. I won’t make you feel any less than you are—my rock, my love, my person.”

— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com

“You are terrifying, and strange, and beautiful. Something not everyone knows how to love.”

— Warsan Shire, genius.com

“I missed you the second you left my office today.”

— Unknown, amazon.com

“I choose you. And I'll choose you over and over and over. Without pause, without a doubt, in a heartbeat. I'll keep choosing you.”

— Unknown, true-love-is-everything.tumblr.com

“I want you. All of you. Your flaws. Your mistakes. Your imperfections. I want you, and only you.”

— Unknown, yourtango.com

“There is a madness in loving you, a lack of reason that makes it feel so flawless.”

— Leo Christopher, yourtango.com

“I touched you and my life stopped.”

— Pablo Neruda, amazon.com

“My heart overflows with a longing to tell you so many things.”

— Beethoven, amazon.ca

“I've never been so certain of anything in my life like I am of us.”

— Annoymous, storypick.com

“You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not.”

— Jodi Picoult, amazon.com

“Love is a condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.”

— Robert Heinlein, amazon.com

“Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people’s sins, but delights in the truth. It is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to end…”

— 2 Corinthians 13:4, amazon.com

“Love is fragile. And we're not always its best caretakers. We just muddle through and do the best we can. And hope this fragile thing survives against all odds.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“I saw that you were perfect and so I loved you. Then I saw that you were not perfect and I loved you even more.”

— Angelita Lim, goodreads.com

“I like myself better when I'm with you.”

— Mitch Albom, amazon.com

“It's always gonna be there, isn't it? You and me.”

— Lucas Scott, amazon.com

“Never the way she looked always the way she was I could have fallen in love with her with my eyes closed.”

— Atticus, instagram.com