“It is hard to stare at her, hard because she’s not the distant Girl who smiles at me anymore. She has become more than that, more than I expected her to become and more than I was looking for her to become. She is becoming what I wanted she the last with the Arctic eyes to become, which is someone w…”— James Frey, amazon.com
“Yes, you’ve entered my bloodstream, the room, the whole springtime is filled with you...”— Rainer Maria Rilke, amazon.com
“I learned that there is good in this world, if you look hard enough for it. I learned that not everyone is disappointing, including me, and that a 1,257-foot bump in the ground can feel higher than a bell tower if you're standing next to the right person.”— Jennifer Niven, amazon.com
“Now listen here, I'm going to give you all a piece of advice because it's too late for this guy. Here's what I recommend to you. If you have someone that you think is the one...take that person and travel around the world. Buy a plane ticket for the two of you to travel all around the world and go t…”— Bill Murray, parade.com
“But just because you're strong and resilient doesn't mean you never need someone to be there for you, to take care of you.”— Tammara Webber, amazon.com
“We choose someone to love only by not choosing to love millions of others...”— James Wood, amazon.com
“I took too many days off from loving you. And: I thought we could both get larger. And: Neither of us was the right one to unlock the other’s body.”— Ellen Dore Watson, readalittlepoetry.wordpress.com
“The human heart is a strange vessel. Love and hatred can exist side by side.”— Scott Westerfeld, amazon.com
“Each lover has a theory of his own About the difference between the ache Of being with his love, & being alone:”— W. H. Auden, web.mit.edu
“People say I love you all the time. When they say ‘take an umbrella, it’s raining,’ or ‘hurry back,’ or even ‘watch out, you’ll break your neck.’ There are hundreds of ways of wording it - you just have to listen for it, my dear.”— John Patrick, amazon.com
“You can get bad love anywhere. But letting good love in is an entirely different thing.”— Ryan O'Connell, youtube.com
“Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.”— Gloria Steinem, elle.com
“Do you love me? No, I’m an awkward jerk that’s been around your neck for so long you got used to it & kinda fond.”— Allen Ginsberg, amazon.com
“I don't just want to take your breath away. I want to rip it from your mouth and keep it locked away between my teeth. You can only have it back if you kiss me again.”— Meggie Royer, tlmgh.wordpress.com
“I have so much to say to you. I want to begin at the beginning, because that is what you deserve. I want to tell you everything, without leaving out a single detail. But where is the beginning? And what is everything?”— Jonathan Safran Foer, amazon.com