“Did she love him as much as she hated him? Did she hate him as much as she loved him?”— Liane Moriarty, amazon.com
“I thought love was about caring about someone day in and day out, about being there when it's fucking amazing, and still wanting to be there when it feels like crap.”— Alexandra Potter, amazon.com
“The first time anything happens to you—your first love, your first success—the second one is never the same.”— Lauren Bacall, purpleclover.com
“You deserve someone who loves you with every single beat of his heart, someone who thinks about you constantly, someone who spends every minute of every day just wondering what you’re doing, where you are, who you’re with, and if you’re OK.”— Cecelia Ahern, amazon.com
“Just the fact that you need me to prove I love you is probably a clue it isn’t working.”— Simone Elkeles, amazon.com
“I can't say when you'll get love or how you'll find it or even promise you that you will. I can only say you are worthy of it and that it's never too much to ask for it.”— Cheryl Strayed, amazon.com
“Why do I, and everyone I love, pick people who treat us like we’re nothing?”— Stephen Chbosky, amazon.com
“When I’ve really been in love with someone, it’s not because they looked a certain way or liked a certain TV show or a certain cuisine. It’s more because when I watched a certain TV show or ate a certain cuisine with them, it was the most fun thing ever.”— Aziz Ansari, amazon.com
“Men prefer honest women, particularly for long-term relationships.”— Rebecca Harrington, businessinsider.com
“No one should regret loving and trusting another human being. Yes, sometimes we direct our love and trust to the wrong person, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't have done it at all.”— Sarah A Denzil, amazon.com
“You might meet the love of your life tomorrow, so don’t assume your happily ever after is years away.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“Don’t forget that you are awesome and that somewhere out there exists a person who will see the value in you but most importantly see the value in yourself. Respect and love yourself enough to know you are worthy of much more than the ‘love’ you are being given.”— Lily Perez, thoughtcatalog.com
“I loved those people, but I need to cut them off my life. I need to leave them behind. And I think that’s okay.”— Cassie Gacott, thoughtcatalog.com
“You don’t have to settle for a love that consists of high highs and low lows. Or a love that’s mediocre all the way through. You can have the good without the bad. The beauty without the beast.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com