“This step forward (at first right against the will of the men who are left behind) will transform the experiences of love, which is now full of error, alter it root and branch, reshape it into a relation between two human beings and no longer between man and woman. And this more human form of love (…”— Rainer Maria Rilke, amazon.com
“I stopped looking for a Dream Girl, I just wanted one that wasn't a nightmare.”— Charles Bukowski, amazon.com
“People in love don't see gender, colour or religion. Or age. It's about the other person, the one that you love and who loves you. You don't think of them in terms of a label. You just go with your heart.”— Sam Taylor-Wood, dailymail.co.uk
“But I believe in true love, you know? I don't believe that everybody gets to keep their eyes or not get sick or whatever, but everybody should have true love, and it should last at least as long as your life does.”— John Green, amazon.com
“You want my opinion? We're all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness — and call it love — true love.”— Robert Fulghum, amazon.com
“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.”— Joan Powers, amazon.com
“I love you so much, much, much that it just hurts every minute I’m without you.”— F. Scott Fitzgerald, amazon.com
“Those who love you are not fooled by mistakes you have made or dark images you hold about yourself. They remember your beauty when you feel ugly; your wholeness when you are broken; your innocence when you feel guilty; and your purpose when you are confused.”— Alan Cohen, amazon.com
“What does it matter how many lovers you have if none of them gives you the universe?”— Jacques Lacan, anti-utopias.com
“People grow when they are loved well. If you want to help others heal, love them without an agenda.”— Mike McHargue, twitter.com