“She was bored. She loved, had capacity to love, for love, to give and accept love. Only she tried twice and failed twice to find somebody not just strong enough to deserve it, earn it, match it, but even brave enough to accept it.”— William Faulkner, amazon.com
“I’m here. I love you. I don’t care if you need to stay up crying all night long, I will stay with you. There’s nothing you can ever do to lose my love. I will protect you until you die, and after your death I will still protect you. I am stronger than Depression and I am braver than Loneliness and n…”— Elizabeth Gilbert, amazon.com
“I had asked him many times why he stayed, and he always said the same thing: 'Because I love you, and I wanted to, and I knew you were in there.' No matter how damaged I had been, he had loved me enough to still see me somewhere inside.”— Susannah Cahalan, amazon.com
“You did something for me I couldn’t do for myself. You loved me for who I am.”— William Chapman, williamchapmanwritings.tumblr.com
“I demand unconditional love and complete freedom. That is why I am terrible.”— Tomaž Šalamun, goodreads.com
“When you decide to be with someone, make sure you know/explore/unpack how they were raised. Many folks are raised on survival, not love.”— THEakasha, twitter.com
“Someone should take this girl in his arms and hold her tight, I thought. Probably someone other than me. Someone qualified to give her something.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“How beautiful to find a heart that loves you, without asking you for anything, but to be okay.”— Khalil Gibran, goodreads.com
“I will hate the man you choose because he isn't me, and love him if he makes you smile.”— Robert Jordan, amazon.com
“Our job is to love people. When it hurts. When it’s awkward. When it’s uncool and embarrassing. Our job is to stand together, to carry the burdens of one another and to meet each other in our questions.”— Jamie Tworkowski, amazon.com
“There’s unconditional love there. You hear that phrase a lot but it’s real with me and her… She loves me in spite of everything, in spite of myself. She has saved my life more than once. She’s always been there with her love, and it has certainly made me forget the pain for a long time, many times.…”— Johnny Cash, amazon.com
“What does one person give to another? He gives of himself, of the most precious he has, he gives of his life. This does not necessarily mean that he sacrifices his life for the other - but that he gives him of that which is alive in him; he gives him of his joy, of his interest, of his understanding…”— Erich Fromm, amazon.com
“I was in love with her; couldn’t imagine my life without her in it; but at the same time, I wanted her to have better.”— Jamie McGuire, amazon.com
“You can love a person without wanting to be with them. Just like you can want to be with someone before you love them.”— Thomas Maddox, amazon.com
“In the end, I've found that it doesn't really matter who you marry. If you like them at the beginning, you probably won't like them at the end. And if you start off hating them, there's always the chance you'll end up thinking they're all right.”— Alain de Botton, amazon.com
“You must love her because many have tried and failed. And she wants to know that she is worthy to be loved, that she is worthy to be kept.”— Junot Dìaz, amazon.com
“When you love someone, it doesn’t really matter if they love you back or not. Having love in your heart for someone is its own reward. or punishment, depending on the circumstances.”— Lisa Unger, amazon.com