“Love is only a word, until we decide to let it possess us with all its force. Love is only a word, until someone arrives to give it meaning.”— Paulo Coelho, twitter.com
“Love is the total absence of fear. Love asks no questions. Its natural state is one of extension and expansion, not comparison and measurement.”— Gerald Jampolsky, amazon.com
“I know all about love that's too big to stay in a tiny bucket. Splashing out all over the place in the most embarrassing way possible.”— Carol Rifka Brunt, amazon.com
“Because that is when you love somebody―when you see them being game in the face of the worst. Not courageous. Not heroic. Just game.”— Philip Roth, amazon.com
“...I thought about how love was always the thing that did that—smashed into you, left you raw. The deeper you loved, the deeper it hurt.”— Wally Lamb, amazon.com
“...love is a verb. Love — the feeling — is a fruit of love, the verb. So love...Serve...Sacrifice. Listen...Empathize. Appreciate. Affirm...”— Stephen R Covey, amazon.com
“...you don't know the first thing about love. Love isn't about taking what you want; it's about wanting happiness for the one you love.”— Terry Goodkind, amazon.com
“To love is also good, for love is hard. Love between one person and another: that is perhaps the hardest thing it is laid on us to do, the utmost, the ultimate trial and test, the work for which all other work is just preparation. For this reason young people, who are beginners in everything, do not…”— Rainer Maria Rilke, amazon.com
“Remember on the right night and under the right light any idea can seem like a good one and love love is mostly ill advised but always brave.”— Yrsa Daley Ward, amazon.com
“Love can destroy you. Love can erase you. Love can heal you. Love can reinvent you, And if you are lucky enough, Love can make you whole again.”— Mia Asher, amazon.com
“I believe in love at first sight but I will always believe that the people we love we have loved before. Many, many many times before and when we stumble through grace and circumstance and that brilliant illusion of choice to finally meet them again we feel it faster each time through. The one glanc…”— Tyler Knott Gregson, tylerknott.com
“Loving someone should be hard and active, not easy and passive. When you sign up to actually love people– no fakers allowed– then you sign up for a life of runny noses, awkward car rides, hugs that last too long, pauses that demand no noise, and admitting you were wrong. If you want to actually love…”— Hannah Brencher, hannahbrencher.com
“You will fall in love with someone who’s cold and always seemingly pushing you away. When all is said and done, they will be forever known as the one person you couldn’t get to love you. Unfortunately, it will hurt and sting worse than the good ones, the ones that chopped up your meat for you and pi…”— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com
“While we loved each other we didn't need words to make ourselves understood. But people don't love forever. A time came when I should have found the words to keep her with me — only I couldn't.”— Albert Camus, amazon.com