“When I sit near you, my hands suddenly become alien things and I don't know where to put them or what they usually do, like this is the first time I've ever had hands and maybe they go in my pockets and maybe they don't.”— Iain Thomas, amazon.com
“Sometimes when we're in love, we take the facts and spin them into pretty stories. But it's a dangerous thing to do―because one day, like it or not, you're going to see the world as it really is. You find out people aren't always who you want them to be. And if you're not ready for the truth...well,…”— Kirsten Miller, amazon.com
“I love you and, because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.”— Pietro Aretino, amazon.com
“I said I love you when I meant something much more specific. I should have said Please don’t leave me I’m afraid to sleep alone”— Clementine Von Radics, amazon.com
“The important thing was that we were being polite and not saying all the things that were making us unhappy, which was the only way we knew how to love each other.”— Ruth Ozeki, amazon.com
“I fall in love with ideas and fantasies rather than whole beings and then I sit here and wonder why I’m still alone. It’s because I don’t fucking pay attention. I’m too busy thinking about tomorrow that today falls through the cracks.”— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com
“Is falling in love with someone's story the same thing as falling in love with the person himself?”— Ally Condie, amazon.com
“This is what happened in love. One of you cried a lot and then both of you grew sarcastic.”— Lorrie Moore, amazon.com
“I don't think you ever really fall out of love with someone. I think when you fall in love, like true love, it's love for life. All the rest is just experience and delusions.”— J.A. Redmerski, amazon.com
“I once imagined you loved me a little bit, if you’ll excuse the presumption.”— F. Scott Fitzgerald, amazon.com
“...if you meet somebody and your heart pounds, your hands shake, your knees go weak, that's not the one. When you meet your 'soul mate' you'll feel calm. No anxiety, no agitation.”— Monica Drake, amazon.com
“Sometimes I like you so much I can’t stand it. It fills up inside me, all the way to the brim, and I feel like I could overflow. I like you so much I don’t know what to do with it. My heart beats so fast when I know I’m going to see you again. And then, when you look at me the way you do, I feel lik…”— Jenny Han, amazon.com
“We all make mistakes. Mine was falling madly in love and forgetting to pack a parachute.”— Michael Faudet, twitter.com
“I loved her enough to forget myself, my self pitying despairs, and be content that something she thought happy was going to happen.”— Truman Capote, amazon.com