“Because I was right. For the two of us, home isn’t a place. It’s a person. And we’re finally home.”— Stephanie Perkins, amazon.com
“Thank you for loving me when I still tasted of heartache and war.”— Nikita Gill, meanwhilepoetry.tumblr.com
“Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart.”— José N. Harris, amazon.com
“Nobody can avoid falling in love. They might want to deny it, but friendship is probably the most common form of love.”— Stieg Larsson, amazon.com
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the…”— C. S. Lewis, amazon.com
“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.”— Mary Oliver, amazon.com
“It’s hard to let go anything we love. We live in a world which teaches us to clutch. But when we clutch we’re left with a fistful of ashes.”— Madeleine L'Engle, amazon.com
“When the right one comes along, you figure it out. You move mountains, you change your life and you do whatever it takes to keep them with you.”— Jay Crownover, amazon.com
“Sometimes it’s a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.”— David Byrne, goodreads.com
“We could have been happy. I know that, and it is perhaps the hardest thing to know.”— Ally Condie, amazon.com
“Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.”— Sophocles, amazon.com
“In general, people are not drawn to perfection in others. People are drawn to shared interests, shared problems, and an individual’s life energy. Humans connect with humans. Hiding one’s humanity and trying to project an image of perfection makes a person vague, slippery, lifeless, and uninteresting…”— Robert Glover, amazon.com
“And so being young and dipped in folly, I fell in love with melancholy.”— Edgar Allan Poe, amazon.com
“That’s the curious thing about love, isn’t it? It makes very ordinary things seem special. It makes them seem so much more valuable than they really are.”— Alexander McCall Smith, amazon.com
“Because there’s nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it’s sent away.”— Sarah Kay, goodreads.com