Quotes tagged ‘Love’

“People always fall in love with the most perfect aspects of each other’s personalities. Who wouldn’t? Anybody can love the most wonderful parts of another person. But that’s not the clever trick. The really clever trick is this: Can you accept the flaws? Can you look at your partner’s faults honestl…”

— Elizabeth Gilbert, amazon.com

“Marriage becomes hard work once you have poured the entirety of your life’s expectations for happiness into the hands of one mere person. Keeping that going is hard work.”

— Elizabeth Gilbert, amazon.com

“For if there is one thing I have learned over the years about men, it is that feelings of powerlessness do not usually bring forth their finest qualities.”

— Elizabeth Gilbert, amazon.com

“Plant an expectation; reap a disappointment.”

— Elizabeth Gilbert, amazon.com

“Infatuation is not quite the same thing as love; it's more like love's shady second cousin who's always borrowing money and can't hold down a job.”

— Elizabeth Gilbert, amazon.com

“Real, sane, mature love—the kind that pays the mortgage year after year and picks up the kids after school—is not based on infatuation but on affection and respect.’”

— Elizabeth Gilbert, amazon.com

“You can measure the happiness of a marriage by the number of scars that each partner carries on their tongues, earned from years of biting back angry words.”

— Elizabeth Gilbert, amazon.com

“Nancy: You're an idiot, Steve Harrington. Steve: You're beautiful, Nancy Wheeler.”

— Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Nancy Wheeler, Natalia Dyer, netflix.com

“No... no El, you're not the monster. You saved me. Do you understand? You saved me.”

— Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Mike Wheeler, Finn Wolfhard, netflix.com

“Nancy: 'What did she even eat?' Mike: 'What?' Nancy: 'Eleven.' Mike: 'Oh... candy, leftovers, Eggo's... she really likes Eggo's.'”

— Ross Duffer, Matt Duffer, Mike Wheeler, Finn Wolfhard, netflix.com

“Mike [washing dirt off Eleven's face]: 'That's better.' [Eleven looks at herself in the mirror and touches her head where her wig used to be.] Mike: 'You don't need it.' Eleven: 'Still pretty?' Mike: 'Yeah! Pretty. Really pretty... El?' Eleven: 'Yes?' Mike: 'Um, I'm happy you're home.' Eleven: 'Me t…”

— Ross Duffer, Matt Duffer, Mike Wheeler, Finn Wolfhard, netflix.com

“Nancy: Hey. No more secrets, okay? From now on we tell each other everything. Mike: Okay. Do you like Johnathan now? Nancy: What? no... no, it's not like that... Do you like Eleven? Mike: What? No. Ew. Gross.”

— Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Mike Wheeler, Finn Wolfhard, netflix.com

“There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and everyday confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of either me…”

— Elizabeth, amazon.com

“Yes, I found myself, by insensible degrees, sincerely fond of her; and the happiest hours of my life were what I spent with her.”

— Mr. Willoughby, amazon.com

“To love is to burn, to be on fire.”

— Jane Austen, amazon.com

“Where the heart is really attached, I know very well how little one can be pleased with the attention of any body else.”

— Isabella, amazon.com

“She began now to comprehend that he was exactly the man who, in disposition and talents, would most suit her. His understanding and temper, though unlike her own, would have answered all her wishes. It was an union that must have been to the advantage of both: by her ease and liveliness, his mind mi…”

— Jane Austen, amazon.com

“What do you know of my heart? What do you know of anything but your own suffering. For weeks, Marianne, I've had this pressing on me without being at liberty to speak of it to a single creature. It was forced on me by the very person whose prior claims ruined all my hope. I have endured her exultati…”

— Elinor, amazon.com

“Tonight, light a fire. We'll be flying up and higher, burning bright, taking flight as we leave all our worries behind.”

— The Chainsmokers, open.spotify.com

“We've passed the end, so we chase forever.”

— The Chainsmokers, open.spotify.com