“The person you love is rarely worthy of how big your love is. Because no one is worthy of that and maybe no one deserves the burden of it, either. You’ll be let down. You’ll be disappointed and have your trust broken and have a lot of real sucky days. You lose more than you win. You hate the person…”— Dennis Lehane, amazon.com
“Ideally, of course, a relationship is best, but then how many people are capable of deep feeling? Practically none.”— Gore Vidal, amazon.com
“We affect one another quite enough merely by existing. Whenever the stars cross, or is it comets? Fragments pass briefly from one orbit to another. On rare occasions there is total collision, but most often the two simply continue without incident, neither losing more than a particle to the other, i…”— Gore Vidal, amazon.com
“It is better to be loved by one person who knows your soul than millions who don’t even know your phone number.”— Richard Paul Evans, amazon.com
“One of the most amazing things that can happen is finding someone who sees everything you are and won’t let you be anything less. They see the potential of you. They see endless possibilities. And through their eyes, you start to see yourself the same way. As someone who matters. As someone who can…”— Susane Colasanti, amazon.com
“The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.”— William James, goodreads.com
“Real intimacy is only possible to the degree that we can be honest about what we are doing and feeling.”— Joyce Brothers, brainyquote.com
“You know, when it works, love is pretty amazing. It’s not overrated. There’s a reason for all those songs.”— Sarah Dessen, amazon.com
“The sweetest part of being a couple is sharing your life with someone else.”— Charlaine Harris, amazon.com
“Do not bring people in your life who weigh you down. And trust your instincts … good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don’t hurt. They’re not painful. That’s not just with somebody you want to marry, but it’s with the friends that you choose. It’s with the people you surround yourselve…”— Michelle Obama, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov
“My deepest desire is to translate every thought, every emotion, and every dream into a language that was meant for only YOU and I.”— Mariah Gordon-Dyke, larmoyante.tumblr.com
“Every day you’re not here is another day we could have been laughing together.”— Ranata Suzuki, ranata-suzuki.tumblr.com
“I can’t let you go now. I want to go places with you; obscure little places, just to be able to say: here I came with her.”— Anaïs Nin, amazon.com
“The important people in our lives leave imprints. They may stay or go in the physical realm, but they are always there in your heart, because they helped form your heart. There’s no getting over that.”— Rachel Cohn, amazon.com
“You are in my blood. I can’t help it. We can’t be anywhere except together.”— Francesca Lia Block, amazon.com
“My girlfriend dumped me on 9/11. That's one way of making sure I'll never forget.”— ThatOneMusician, reddit.com
“I dated a cross-eyed chick, but I had to dump her I thought she was seeing someone else.”— Will_E_Juan_Kuh, reddit.com