“Already I realize certain feelings I was not aware of, like the fear of being hurt. I despise my own hypersensitiveness, which requires so much reassurance. It is certainly abnormal to crave so much to be loved and understood.”— Anaïs Nin, amazon.com
“I have a strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate, it’s apathy - it’s not giving a damn.”— Leo Buscaglia, amazon.com
“Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts. Don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.”— Mary Schmich, chicagotribune.com
“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”— Romans 5:8, biblestudytools.com
“Sure I loved him - too much. And he loved me, only not enough. I just want someone who thinks I’m number one in his life. I’m not willing to accept emotional scraps anymore.”— Amy Tan, amazon.com
“He knew that 'I love you' also means, 'I love you in a way that no one loves you, or has loved you, or will love you', and also, 'I love you in a way that I love no one else, and never have loved anyone else, and never will love anyone else'.”— Jonathan Safran Foer, amazon.com
“You do not have to unburden your soul for everyone; it will be enough if you do that for those you love.”— Albert Camus, amazon.com
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?”— Romans 8:35, biblestudytools.com
“No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from t…”— Romans 8:37-39, biblestudytools.com
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”— Romans 8:28, biblestudytools.com
“Jesus replied: ‘ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”— Matthew 22:37-39, biblestudytools.com
“So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today—to love the LORD your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul— then I will send rain on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine and olive oil. I will pro…”— Deuteronomy 11:13-15, biblestudytools.com
“Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.”— 1 John 3:18, biblestudytools.com
“This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.”— 1 John 3:16, biblestudytools.com