“Don’t be a fool. Don’t give up something important to hold onto someone who can’t even say they love you.”— Sarah Dessen, amazon.com
“No relationship is perfect, ever. There are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain something greater…The love we have for each other is bigger than these small differences. And that’s the key. It’s like a big pie chart, and the love in a relationship…”— Sarah Dessen, amazon.com
“I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.”— Daphne du Maurier, amazon.com
“Happiness is holding someone in your arms and knowing you hold the whole world.”— Orhan Pamuk, amazon.com
“Let me wake up next to you, have coffee in the morning and wander through the city with your hand in mine, and I’ll be happy for the rest of my…little life.”— Charlotte Eriksson, amazon.com
“People always fall in love with the most perfect aspects of each other's personalities. Who wouldn't? Anybody can love the most wonderful parts of another person. But that's not the clever trick. The really clever trick is this: Can you accept the flaws? Can you look at your partner's faults honestl…”— Elizabeth Gilbert, amazon.com
“And some will break you, some will destroy you, and some will even end you. And still, you will love the next as if you've never been hurt. And that's what makes you, you, despite the bullshit people bring, you smile as if nothing has ever happened ... and that's why I love you and I hope you never…”— R. M. Drake, instagram.com
“True love, like any other strong and addicting drug, is boring—once the tale of encounter and discovery is told, kisses quickly grow stale and caresses tiresome…except, of course, to those who share the kisses, who give and take the caresses while every sound and color of the world seems to deepen a…”— Stephen King, amazon.com
“Maybe love stays. Maybe love can't. Maybe love shouldn't. Love arrives exactly when love is supposed to. And love leaves exactly when love must. When love arrives, say, 'Welcome. Make yourself comfortable.' If love leaves, ask her to leave the door open behind her. Turn off the music, listen to the…”— Sarah Kay, Phil Kaye, youtube.com
“But I know better. I know about your rough edges and I have seen your perfect curves, and I will fit into any spaces you let me. If loving you means getting dirty, bring on the grime, I will leave this porcelain home behind.”— Sarah Kay, genius.com
“I want very badly to be in love again, which is why I’m in no position to look for it.”— Jonathan Tropper, amazon.com
“I want you to make a list of all of your favorite things, and I want to be on it.”— Tahereh Mafi, amazon.com
“Do you know how many ways love can hit you? So it makes you happy, or miserable? It makes you sick in the belly or hurt in the heart. It makes everything brighter and sharper, or it blurs all the edges. It makes you feel like a king or a fool. Every way love can hit you, it's hit me when it comes to…”— Nora Roberts, amazon.com
“Perhaps we were friends first and lovers second. But then perhaps this is what lovers are.”— André Aciman, amazon.com
“Never miss an opportunity to show your love, especially to those close to you, because we are always at our most cautious with them for fear of being hurt.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“Love who you love while you have them. That’s all you can do. Let them go when you must. If you know how to love, you’ll never run out.”— Ann Brashares, amazon.com