“Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person, they are almost indistinguishable.”— David Augsburger, christianitytoday.com
“Maybe that’s worse, not letting ourselves be loved. Because we’re too afraid of giving ourselves to someone we might lose.”— Mitch Albom, amazon.com
“Not all love is gentle. Sometimes it’s gritty and dirty and possessive, sometimes it’s not supposed to be careful or soft at all. Sometimes it feels like teeth.”— Azra T., 5000letters.tumblr.com
“This is what you should do: love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to…”— Walt Whitman, amazon.com
“I never knew before, what such a love as you have made me feel, was; I did not believe in it; my Fancy was afraid of it, lest it should burn me up. But if you will fully love me, though there may be some fire, 'twill not be more than we can bear when moistened and bedewed with pleasures.”— John Keats, amazon.com
“Whoever you are, now I place my hand upon you, that you may be my poem, I whisper with my lips close to your ear. I have loved many women and men, but I love none better than you.”— Walt Whitman, amazon.com
“She said the reason that love is so painful is that it always amounts to two people wanting more than two people can give.”— Edna O'Brien, amazon.com
“You are always new. The last of your kisses was ever the sweetest; the last smile the brightest; the last movement the gracefullest.”— John Keats, amazon.com
“The sea is not surer of the shore, or the shore of the sea, then he is of the fruition of his love, and of all perfection and beauty.”— Walt Whitman, amazon.com
“Do you remember the way the girls would call out "love you!" conveniently leaving out the "I" as if they didn't want to commit to their own declarations. I agree that the "I" is a pretty heavy concept and hope you won't get uncomfortable if I should go into some deeper stuff here.”— David Berman, poemhunter.com
“I too pass from the night, I stay a while O night, but I return to you again and love you.”— Walt Whitman, amazon.com
“Let this be your honour: always to love more than you are loved and never to be second in this.”— Friedrich Nietzsche, amazon.com
“Love is a haunting melody that I have never mastered, and I fear I never will.”— William S. Burroughs, goodreads.com
“The way to love someone is to lightly run your finger over that person’s soul until you find a crack, and then gently pour your love into that crack.”— Keith Miller, goodreads.com
“I loved you when I saw you today and I loved you always but I never saw you before...”— Ernest Hemingway, amazon.com