“You deserve someone who will always be careful with your heart, because they know just how fragile it already was before they held it.”— Shani Jayawardena, thoughtcatalog.com
“Fall for the guy who will support you and encourage you to reach for your goals and to dream even more”— Kathleen Cansis, thoughtcatalog.com
“Appreciation is telling them they look great, and making them feel it too. When you stop appreciating your partner, problems will arise. When you stop appreciating your partner, they will notice that you’re no longer actively choosing them.”— Danielle Ortiz-Geis, thoughtcatalog.com
“You deserve the love that doesn’t change you just to become right for them. You were you before they came into your life, you are the same as time goes by, and you will always be you until the end of time.”— Nicole Phreeman, thoughtcatalog.com
“Date someone who will fight for you because you promise when you find him, you will do the same for him.”— Liane White, thoughtcatalog.com
“Date someone who will fight for you during tough times. When sunshine and rainbows cease and the darkest nights persist.”— Liane White, thoughtcatalog.com
“You’ll eventually find love that sticks, love that is mutual and promising. But take your time. Not everyone finds the love that finally feels right while they’re in their twenties. It might take longer, and that’s okay. Know that your path is uniquely yours; maybe sometimes a confusing struggle, bu…”— Nicole Vetrano, thoughtcatalog.com
“So if you’re just as excited as I am, then grab my hand, and let’s go see what happens”— Lacey Ramburger, thoughtcatalog.com
“I deserved someone who was excited about me and about a life with me.”— Lacey Ramburger, thoughtcatalog.com
“When you meet that person, everything will be calm. Everything will be good. Everything will feel like it’s been leading up to the moment when you stopped, laid eyes on them, and your life completely changes.”— Claire Windsor, thoughtcatalog.com
“Honestly, that is what you deserve. Someone confident enough to hold onto the good thing he’s found, but nervous enough to want to keep you every day.”— Lacey Ramburger, thoughtcatalog.com
“Honestly, you should date the guy who acts like he has something to lose when it comes to you.”— Lacey Ramburger, thoughtcatalog.com
“We all go a little crazy when it comes to love and like and everything in between; love is a complicated emotion that we can’t always glide our way through with smirks and one liners.”— Lacey Ramburger, thoughtcatalog.com
“If you find a good thing, something that gets you excited, even nervous, then you should take a chance on it.”— Lacey Ramburger, thoughtcatalog.com
“And what if the rest of your life is one grand adventure with the person you love, who makes you feel things you’ve never dreamed you would experience with another person? To think you’re holding yourself back from that? Now that is honestly scary.”— Lacey Ramburger, thoughtcatalog.com
“Old souls love hard and completely – and so going through the typical motions of adolescence: heartbreak, for instance, is much more of an ordeal for you, simply because you feel it so much more intensely.”— Brianna Wiest, thoughtcatalog.com
“We will love you completely. For however long you’re in our lives, for whatever capacity, we will love you to the very best of our ability. It’s just in our nature.”— Brianna Wiest, thoughtcatalog.com
“We know that love is in the simple things. We’d be less responsive to an expensive gift than, say, a thoughtful note or loving glance while out together… basically anything that’s more emotionally reassuring than impressive.”— Brianna Wiest, thoughtcatalog.com
“They usually have to accomplish quite a bit on their own before they find love – this is because old souls love deeply, and completely. To be given love too soon would keep them from the other important things they are here to do.”— Brianna Wiest, thoughtcatalog.com