“Love is the water of life. And a lover is a soul of fire. The universe turns differently when fire loves water.”— Elif Shafak, amazon.com
“The quest for Love changes us. There is no seeker among those who search for Love who has not matured on the way. The moment you start looking for Love, you start to change within and without.”— Elif Shafak, amazon.com
“You can study God through everything and everyone in the universe, because God is not confined in a mosque, synagogue or church. But if you are still in need of knowing where exactly His abode is, there is only one place to look for Him: in the heart of a true lover.”— Elif Shafak, amazon.com
“It was always like this. When you spoke the truth, they hated you. The more you talked about love, the more they hated you.”— Elif Shafak, amazon.com
“If we are the same person before and after we loved, that means we haven’t loved enough.”— Elif Shafak, amazon.com
“She was perhaps too young to realize that what she assumed was her love for [him] was actually a tentative, timorous, acceptance of herself.”— Arundhati Roy, amazon.com
“You can't let yourself love because you think your heart can't handle it . . . that something bad will happen. But you're wrong.”— Suzanne Woods Fisher, amazon.com
“Thank you for the laughs, the loves, and showing me everything I don't want in a man.”— Korin Miller, Stephanie L., cosmopolitan.com
“There was a terrified child inside of him. He wanted to love. And he wanted to be loved. He just didn’t know how.”— Anonymous, facebook.com
“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, go…”— Bob Marley, amazon.com
“A guy out there was meant to be the love of your life, your best friend, your soul mate, the one you can tell your dreams to. He'll brush the hair out of your eyes. Send you flowers when you least expect it. He'll stare at you during the movies, even though he paid $8 to see it. He'll call to say go…”— Nicholas Sparks, nicholassparks.com
“I took her face in my hands and pulled her forehead against mine, and in that instant I felt our present and past selves in the room, the two of us in college choking back our emotions, a tsunami of love and longing and fear, as we slow-danced with our heads pressed together in a honky-tonk bar, pea…”— Mary Taugher, narrativemagazine.com
“Love is a temporary madness; it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. And you have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessnes…”— Louis de Bernieres, amazon.com
“A Leo absolutely loves being around people. This makes them the happiest. They also really enjoy watching their favorite shows with someone they love.”— January Nelson, thoughtcatalog.com
“Dating a Leo is like dating the head cheerleader in high school, there’s a bit of an intrigue about someone like that who would actually date a mortal.”— Chrissy Stockton, thoughtcatalog.com
“To say that one waits a lifetime for his soulmate to come around is a paradox. People eventually get sick of waiting, take a chance on someone, and by the art of commitment become soulmates, which takes a lifetime to perfect.”— Criss Jami, amazon.com