“I don’t think there’s any shame in wanting that. In wanting love. In wanting to share your life with someone else. And I don’t think it makes us any less of a strong human being.”— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, thoughtcatalog.com
“It takes great courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it. And even more courage to see it in the one you love.”— Oscar Wilde, google.com
“Life can get you down so I just numb the way it feels or drown it with a drink and out of date prescription pills. And all the ones that love me, they just left me on the shelf, no farewell. So before I save someone else, I've got to save myself.”— Ed Sheeran, open.spotify.com
“And I asked her father but her daddy said, "No You can't marry my daughter." She and I went on the run don't care about religion. I'm gonna marry the woman I love.”— Ed Sheeran, open.spotify.com
“Someone told me, always say what's on your mind and I am only, being honest with you, I I get lonely and make mistakes from time to time.”— Ed Sheeran, open.spotify.com
“Well get up up on the dance floor tonight I've got two left feet and a bottle of red wine”— Ed Sheeran, open.spotify.com
“Well I found love in the inside the arms of a woman I know. She is the lighthouse in the night that will safely guide me home.”— Ed Sheeran, open.spotify.com
“As long as I am acting out of love, I feel I am doing best I know how.”— Donna Tartt, Boris Pavlikovsky, amazon.com
“I worry that I’ll never love anyone as much as the first person I ever fell in love with. I worry that someday I will love someone else as much as the first person I ever fell in love with, and that he will love someone else that much, too.”— Heidi Priebe, thoughtcatalog.com
“I want to be in a relationship where you telling me you love me is just a ceremonious validation of what you already show me.”— Steve Maraboli, amazon.com
“Love means being a team. Being best friends. Being partners in crime. Love means you’re exactly where you’re meant to be.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“Sometimes, it sucks to be in a relationship with the love of your life. Anyone who refuses to admit that is either a fool, or a liar.”— Mélanie Berliet, thoughtcatalog.com
“You will look back on this time and think: I am so glad things didn’t work out when I thought I wanted them to.”— Brianna Wiest, thoughtcatalog.com
“I am only responsible for my own heart, you offered yours up for the smashing my darling. Only a fool would give out such a vital organ.”— Anaïs Nin, amazon.com
“You don't have to check your Tinder profile every hour but a guy is less likely to swipe right if he notices you haven't been on the app for a few weeks.”— The Editors, marieclaire.com
“There will be eye-rolling and snickering and shockingly stupid comments. People are going to think you’re nuts and maybe it is a bit nuts to date someone you only see every few weeks. If 'love' meant 'common sense' then we’d all be married to our third grade boyfriends. Prepare yourself for the hate…”— Allison Bowsher, xojane.com
“Love people who hate you. Pray for people who have wronged you. It won’t just change their life... it’ll change yours.”— Mandy Hale, amazon.com