Why is love so easy to feel but so hard to express?
“I love you” is always great but sometimes those three little words just aren’t enough to express the true depth of your love. Thankfully there are plenty of love quotes from people who are much smarter, wiser, and funnier than the rest of us. Romantic love quotes, loyalty quotes, love poems, love memes, and other love messages can get your creative juices flowing so you can truly express your love and devotion.
How to use love quotes: There’s a beautiful quote about love for every relationship occasion. Write one on a sticky note on the mirror or in your partner’s car, to brighten your loved one’s day. Text one as a way to let them know you’re thinking about them. Use a love quote to caption on a cute couple pic on Instagram.
Or perhaps you are trying to come up with the perfect swoon-worthy ~something~ to say for a meaningful occasion. You can use these love quotes in wedding vows, writing anniversary or birthday cards, inscribing jewelry, or attached to a gift sent to a long-distance love. The options are endless!
“Love starts as a feeling, but to continue is a choice. And I find myself choosing you, more and more every day.” —Justin Wetch
“Never love anybody who treats you like you’re ordinary.” —Oscar Wilde
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“When you are missing someone, time seems to move slower, and when I’m falling in love with someone, time seems to be moving faster.” —Taylor Swift
“We are most alive when we are in love.” —John Updike
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“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” —Dr. Seuss
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“Love doesn’t make the world go around. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” —Franklin P. Jones
“In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.” —Maya Angelou
“Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.” —Ann Landers
“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.” —A. A. Milne
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“It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;—it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.” —Jane Austen
“It’s been a year and three months since we’ve kissed, and I rather have the ghost of his mouth on my lips than kiss anyone else.” —Alishah Khan
“Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.” —Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
“Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, only with what you are expecting to give—which is everything.” —Katharine Hepburn
“Having someone wonder where you are when you don’t come home at night is a very old human need.” —Margaret Mead
“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” —Audrey Hepburn
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“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” —Lao Tzu
“True love is singing karaoke ‘Under Pressure’ and letting the other person sing the Freddie Mercury part.” —Mindy Kaling
“Husband secretly lowers the thermostat and I secretly turn it back up. We both vehemently deny touching it. Marriage is fun.” —Stephanie Ortiz
“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” —Charles M. Schulz
“I wanted to send you something sexy, but the mailman told me to get out of the mailbox.” —unknown
“I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They’ve experienced pain and bought jewelry.” —Rita Rudner
“It wasn’t love at first sight. It took a full five minutes.” —Lucille Ball
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