“All of a sudden it's not gravity holding you to the planet. It's her.”— Melissa Rosenberg, Jacob Black, Taylor Lautner, imdb.com
“Oh, your green eyes, I just wanna watch you. Tell me you're mine and I'll do what you want to.”— Charlotte Lawrence, open.spotify.com
“When you develop an infatuation for someone you always find a reason to believe that this is exactly the person for you. It doesn't need to be a good reason. Taking photographs of the night sky, for example. Now, in the long run, that's just the kind of dumb, irritating habit that would cause you to…”— John Hodge, Richard, Leonardo Dicaprio, imdb.com
“Wonderful girl. Either I'm going to kill her or I'm beginning to like her.”— George Lucas, Han Solo, Harrison Ford, imdb.com
“[to his reflection] You are the wildest, most gorgeous thing I've ever seen! Nobody deserves you...”— Stephen Chbosky, Evan Spiliotopoulos, Gaston, Luke Evans, imdb.com
“Ms. Benitez: Oh! Steve! Look at you all dressed up. Coach Steve: Well, it’s a special day! Ms. Benitez: And you’re a special guy. Coach Steve: And I’d kill anyone for you! Ms. Benitez: Well, that’s not necessary… Coach Steve: Oh, that’s a relief, because I’d do it, but it would weigh on me.”— Kelly Galuska, Coach Steve, Nick Kroll, imdb.com
“Holly is ruining Michael's life. He thinks she is so special, and she's so not. Her personality is like a 3. Her sense of humor is a 2. Her ears are like a 7 and a 4. Add it all up and what do you get? 16. And he treats her like she's a perfect 40. It's nuts.”— Brent Forrester, Erin Hannon, Ellie Kemper, imdb.com
“Matchless beauty! . . . Will you not pardon my crime, if crime it be — the crime of loving you? For I do love you! Heaven only knows how utterly and desperately.”— Marie Corelli, amazon.com
“What are you thinking about? Your eyes shine so brightly — do you know you have beautiful eyes?”— Marie Corelli, amazon.com
“He felt as though he were endowed with a thousand senses — each one keenly alive and sensitive to the smallest touch, and there was a pulsation in his blood that was new and beyond his control — a something that beat wildly in his heart at the sound of Thelma's voice or the passing flutter of the wh…”— Marie Corelli, amazon.com
“You idealize them and put them on a pedestal. Everything they do, from the awkward to the charming, gets flagged in your mind as evidence that they are a flawless, loveable human being.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“You find yourself lost in elaborate fantasies about his person, from the typical to the eccentric. Your fantasies tend to have a “heroic” element to them in that you even imagine saving your crush from dangerous situations.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“It’s important to note that in limerence, the addiction to this other person is often heightened by the fantasy, not the reality, of who they are and the nature of the relationship.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“A limerent person can suffer from such a hyperfocus on the other person that they begin to lose focus on their own lives and revolve their entire day around interaction with this person.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“Limerence isn’t so much about commitment and intimacy as it is about obsession.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“And shall I ruffle the sweet leaves; shall I crush the tender petals? Or shall I simply transform them, from pansies into roses, — from the dream of love, — into love itself?”— Marie Corelli, amazon.com
“He wished to be alone with his own thoughts for awhile — to try and resolve the meaning of this strange new emotion that possessed him, — a feeling that was half-pleasing, half-painful, and that certainly moved him to a sort of shame.”— Marie Corelli, amazon.com
“In your opinion, what’s the biggest difference between love and infatuation?”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“What you're feeling is called infatuation. The pain is the product of you overvaluing a projected, imaginary relationship with me.”— Jesse Moynihan, Thomas Wellmann, Princess Bubblegum, Hynden Walch, imdb.com