Quotes in category: “Love - Misc”:

It was a once in a lifetime thing. I hate to think it but I bet it’s true. It’s too bad for us that our once in a lifetime happened when we were too young to handle it.

It’s all about falling in love with yourself and sharing that love with someone who appreciates you, rather than looking for love to compensate for a self love deficit. 

If people want to let you go, just let them do it. They may not understand who you are. So don’t play around with fire; don’t give them their cake and let them eat it too. Here is your rule of thumb: they either commit to you or get none of you.

It's the most wonderful and terrible thing that can ever happen to you. You know that you've found something amazing, and you want to hold onto it forever; and every second after you have it, your fear the moment you might lose it.

How amazing it is to find someone who wants to hear about all the things that go on in your head.

However, I’ve learned that the heart can’t be told when and who and how it should love. The heart does whatever the hell it wants to do. The only thing we can control is whether we give our lives and our minds the chance to catch up to our hearts. 

That's when I finally got it. I finally understood. It wasn't the thought that counted. It was the actual execution that mattered, the showing up for somebody. The intent behind it wasn't enough. Not for me. Not anymore. It wasn't enough to know that deep down, he loved me. You had to actually say it to somebody, show them you cared. 

I think you know you’ve found someone special when you meet them for the first time, and it feels like you’re just picking up where you left off. You kind of look at them and think
‘Where the hell did you come from? Where the hell have you been?

Love: it's not a bus or a train. It doesn't run on a schedule. It's unexpected and its inconvenient and sometimes you have to wait your whole life for it to show up, but when it does you grab tight and you hold on because those bumps and those twists and those stomach lurches- those are what make you feel like you're still alive.

I love you. That means I’m not just here for the pretty parts. I’m here no matter what. 

Sometimes when you’re too close to someone, it’s hard to see who they really are. 

Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.

To love someone … Is to love them with their flaws. To see their flaws as a part of their perfection. Knowing that they won’t be who they are today without their experiences , their flaws and their emotional journeys.

I do not need someone to complete me, but if you wanted to we could walk next to each other into whatever is coming next

The truth is that the more intimately you know someone, the more clearly you’ll see their flaws. That’s just the way it is. This is why marriages fail, why children are abandoned, why friendships don’t last. You might think you love someone until you see the way they act when they’re out of money or under pressure or hungry, for goodness’ sake. Love is something different. Love is choosing to serve someone and be with someone in spite of their filthy heart. Love is patient and kind, love is deliberate. Love is hard. Love is pain and sacrifice, it’s seeing the darkness in another person and defying the impulse to jump ship. 

You will be shocked, kids, when you discover how easy it is in life to part ways with people forever. That’s why, when you find someone you want to keep around, you do something about it. 

Find someone who makes you realize three things: one, that home is not a place, but a feeling. Two, that time is not measured by a clock, but by moments. And three, that heartbeats are not heard, but felt and shared.

The hardest part of walking away is accepting that your love isn't enough to inspire change. Then one day you realize you were fighting to love somoene more than you fought to love yourself.

When something is right, it will feel easier and much more effortless. 

People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don’t find myself saying, “Soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner.” I don’t try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds. 

Fall in love with someone who’s comfortable with your silence. Find someone who doesn’t need your words to know it’s time to kiss you. 

I think she was afraid to love sometimes. I think it scared her. She was the type to like things that were concrete, like the ocean. Something you could point to and know what it was. I think that’s why she struggled with love. She couldn’t touch it. She couldn’t hold on to it and make sure it never changed. 

If you have to speculate if someone loves you and wants to be with you, chances are they don’t. It’s not that complicated. Don’t waste moments waiting and wondering. Don’t throw away your time dreaming of someone that doesn’t want you. No one is that amazing, certainly not the one who would pass you up.

If we are the same person before and after we loved, that means we haven’t loved enough.

It’s funny what love can do to a person. It strips them of everything, even their instincts. It creates a new reality for you to adhere to, a new world where you break the rules just to keep the love intact.