50 Quotes That Show Us The Type Of Love We All Hope For

“The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. And that's what you've given me. That's what I'd hoped to give you forever.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“One day you meet someone and for some inexplicable reason, you feel more connected to this stranger than anyone else— closer to them than your closest family.”

— Lang Leav, amazon.com

“In a sea of strangers, you've longed to know me. Your life spent sailing to my shores.”

— Lang Leav, amazon.com

“I swear that when our lips touch, I can taste the next 60 years of my life.”

— Rudy Francisco, genius.com

“The thing about romance is people only together right at the very end.”

— Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Sam, amazon.com

“Love is about realistically seeing who the other person is, flaws and all, and appreciating the entire picture. It doesn’t make demands or need things to be a certain way, it grows and flows and creates an environment where both people bring out the best in one another.”

— Sabrina Alexis, 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

“Love cannot be explained. It can only be experienced. Love cannot be explained, yet it explains all.”

— Elif Shafak, amazon.com

“Love. You're going to wish you did more of it. You're going to wish you risked having your heart broken more often. You're going to wish you could continue feeling as amazing, as horrible and as sad as love managed to make you feel. Because those days — the ones that made you feel alive — are gone.…”

— Paul Hudson, elitedaily.com

“Love will make you into the best and worst version of yourself, often in the same night.”

— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com

“Tell her you love her. You've got nothing to lose and you'll always regret it if you don't.”

— Liam Neeson, Daniel, amazon.com

“This is where we love, and though it’s been months, you still taste like my favorite day.”

— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com

“True love manifests only when the love is shared. Until that point, what you have isn't really real. Until you fully know someone, you can’t love that person for the right reasons.”

— Paul Hudson, elitedaily.com

“To love is nothing. To be loved is something. But to love and be loved, that’s everything.”

— T. Tolis, yourtango.com

“Fall in love with a guy who makes an effort. The guy who doesn’t throw in the towel when things get hard, who doesn’t storm away and run when you have a disagreement. A guy who is willing to sit down and talk through shit, even when it’s uncomfortable or hard. A guy who is always honest, always dire…”

— Jacob Geers, thoughtcatalog.com

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

— Hermann Hesse, yourtango.com

“It’s more important to consciously choose them every single day than it is to believe that you were simply ‘meant to fall in love.’ Whether you realize it or not, you’re the one that decided to take this leap with them – you’re not just a passive pawn on Fate’s chessboard.”

— Kim Quindlen, thoughtcatalog.com

“He doesn’t just love you, he loves things about you. Really loving people doesn’t mean you love the way they make you feel (although many people believe that’s what love is), it’s about loving them as they are at their core.”

— Sabina Alexis, anewmode.com

“You know, I think love is about finding someone who’s flaws work with yours in perfect harmony.”

— Melly, waakeme-up.tumblr.com

“Somewhere out there is another little freak who will love us and understand us and kiss our three heads and make it all better.”

— Jenny Bicks, Carrie Bradshaw, Sarah Jessica Parker, lovesujeiry.com

“...what we call ‘love at first sight’ is really intense lust and desire coupled with the recognition that there is the potential to create something meaningful with this other person.”

— Sabrina Alexis, amazon.com

“We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.”

— Sam Keen, amazon.com

“So you wanna know what I want? I want it all. I want to be in love so much it hurts. The fusions The pin pricks. The mind blowing sex. The connection. And I want to be married with kids I adore and a husband who makes me feel safe...I want to finish someone's sentences. I want to believe in someone,…”

— Unknown, amazon.com

“I don’t believe in love at first sight but I do believe in seeing someone from across the room and knowing instantly that they’re going to matter to you. They’re going to play a major role in your life.”

— Ryan O’Connell, thoughtcatalog.com

“You meet thousands of people and none of them really touch you. And then you meet one person and your life is changed... forever.”

— Jake Gyllenhaal, amazon.com

“Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.”

— Nicole Krauss, amazon.com

“The way to a man’s heart can sometimes take a woman far away from herself, my dear.”

— Elif Shafak, amazon.com

“So here it comes, the big one. Don't be afraid to fall in love again. Watch out for that signal when life as you know it ends.”

— Gerard Butler, amazon.com

“You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.”

— Oscar Wilde, yourtango.com

“An emotional connection sparks more fire. Making love trumps fucking every time because of how emotionally charged it is. Being able to stare deeply into his eyes while he enters you connects you in a way that’s inexplicable and unlike anything else.”

— Angelica Bottaro, thebolde.com