“Perhaps the reason we are unable to love is that we yearn to be loved, that is, we demand something (love) from our partner instead of delivering ourselves up to him demand-free and asking for nothing but his company.”— Milan Kundera, amazon.com
“Letting go doesn’t mean that you don’t care about someone anymore. It’s just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.”— Deborah Reber, amazon.com
“Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“We’re all seeking that special person who is right for us. But if you’ve been through enough relationships, you begin to suspect there’s no right person, just different flavors of wrong. Why is this? Because you yourself are wrong in some way, and you seek out partners who are wrong in some compleme…”— Andrew Boyd, amazon.com
“You think because he doesn’t love you that you are worthless. You think that because he doesn’t want you anymore that he is right — that his judgement and opinion of you are correct. If he throws you out, then you are garbage. You think he belongs to you because you want to belong to him. Don’t. It’…”— Toni Morrison, amazon.com
“Love is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise. If love were only a feeling, there would be no basis for the promise to love each other forever. A feeling comes and it may go. How can I judge that it will stay forever, when my act does not involve judgment and decision.”— Erich Fromm, amazon.com
“For the two of us, home isn’t a place. It is a person. And we are finally home.”— Stephanie Perkins, amazon.com
“I do not trust people who don’t love themselves and yet tell me, I love you. There is an African saying which is: 'Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.'”— Maya Angelou, en.wikiquote.org
“Anyone who falls in love is searching for the missing pieces of themselves. So anyone who’s in love gets sad when they think of their lover. It’s like stepping back inside a room you have fond memories of, one you haven’t seen in a long time.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.”— C.S Lewis, amazon.com
“Love is a temporary madness, it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides. And when it subsides, you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness,…”— Louis de Bernieres, amazon.com
“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”— John Green, amazon.com
“I no longer believed in the idea of soul mates, or love at first sight. But I was beginning to believe that a very few times in your life, if you were lucky, you might meet someone who was exactly right for you. Not because he was perfect, or because you were, but because your combined flaws were ar…”— Lisa Kleypas, amazon.com
“Sometimes it’s a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.”— David Byrne, goodreads.com
“I heard what you said. I’m not the silly romantic you think. I don’t want the heavens or the shooting stars. I don’t want gemstones or gold. I have those things already. I want…a steady hand. A kind soul. I want to fall asleep, and wake, knowing my heart is safe. I want to love, and be loved.”— Shana Abe, goodreads.com
“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
“Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.”— Joan Crawford, brainyquote.com