“I am slowly learning that some people are not good for me, no matter how much I love them. I deserve someone who is gentle and kind, because my soul is getting tired. Realizing that I deserve something good is one of the first steps.”— Michelle K., michellekpoems.tumblr.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
“My heart had become a broken compass. Every time I tried to leave you, I always found myself running back into your arms.”— Michael Faudet, amazon.com
“I’m in love with you because you make me feel safe. It sounds corny and vague. People always talk about feeling safe with someone and you wonder what it even means. I still don’t really know. All I know is that when I’m with you, I feel like I’m clutching a giant thing of pepper spray or reliving a…”— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com
“Kissing someone is pretty intimate, actually very intimate, and your heart always kind of skips a beat before you do that.”— Keanu Reeves, filmmonthly.com
“You can’t find intimacy–you can’t find home–when you’re always hiding behind masks. Intimacy requires a certain level of vulnerability. It requires a certain level of you exposing your fragmented, contradictory self to someone else. You running the risk of having your core self rejected and hurt and…”— Junot Dìaz, identitytheory.com
“Since I met you, I've felt abandoned without your nearness; your nearness is all I ever dream of, the only thing.”— Franz Kafka, amazon.com
“Am I in love?—yes,since I am waiting. The other one never waits. Sometimes I want to play the part of the one who doesn't wait; I try to busy myself elsewhere, to arrive late; but I always lose at this game. Whatever I do, I find myself there, with nothing to do, punctual, even ahead of time. The lo…”— Roland Barthes, amazon.com
“I had a steady heart before I met you, I relied upon it, it had seen active service and grown strong. Now you alter its pace with your own rhythm, you play upon me, drumming me taut.”— Jeanette Winterson, amazon.com
“I told myself it didn't matter if I never got to be with you. It was enough just to love you.”— Claudia Gray, amazon.com
“I wanted all of her and resented other boys for wanting any part of her.”— Jonathan Franzen, amazon.com
“Look, let's give it up. Let's just lay around and make love and take walks and talk a little. Let's go to the zoo. Let's look at animals. Let's drive down and look at the ocean. It's only 45 minutes. Let's play games in the arcades. Let's go to the races, the Art Museum, the boxing matches. Let's ha…”— Charles Bukowski, amazon.com
“Where the heart is really attached, I know very well how little one can be pleased with the attention of anybody else.”— Jane Austen, amazon.com
“She is the most charming person in the world. That's all. I refuse to amplify. Excepting―she's perfect.”— F. Scott Fitzgerald, books.google.com.ph