Love Quotes

He was the ocean and I was the sand, i lived content in stillness and he washed a shore everytime, as a better man.

~ Nikki Rowe

Laisha had got a glimpse of the vast ocean that lay before her. She could either eatch it recede from her sight or plunge into it. It was not possible to take the risk of plunging headlong into the ocean. No one viewed the ocean to be drowned into it. Everyone caught only a glimpse of it, exulted in having got this farand returned home with renewed zest. The knowledge that the ocean existed was overwhelming enough. One could wallow in the idea that there was indeed a further possibility, but one merely desisted. it was not right to acknowledge that one was also frightened of it.

~ Anuradha Bhattacharyya

Every man is an island, and every heart seeks the ferry to cross the main...

~ Mykyta Isagulov

Tell me once more about the eternal surf.

~ Rob Bignell

She did not date. She did not have time for men. Men were never, ever worth a great amount of energy. She was the kind of woman that looked down on what she called ‘settlers’, women who chose love and fleeting passion that turned to dull, lifeless marriages over a career and independence.

~ Mandy Nachampassack-Maloney

I don't want to have to earn love by giving up my ability to make decisions that determine how I live.

~ Eloisa James

I guess I've found that I'd rather be alone than with the wrong person.

~ Kristan Higgins

Life is about love and as a country that stands united, we lose in the battle that we call love.

~ Jonathan Anthony Burkett

Furthermore, I preferred to only have cravings I could satisfy without the requirement or assistance of another person. This was, after all, the definition of self-reliance.

~ Penny Reid

True love transcends the unworthy object, and dwells and broods on the eternal, and when the poor interposed mask crumbles, it is not sad, but feels rid of so much earth, and feels its independency the surer.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

A good relationship does not celebrate dependence; it nurtures the spirit of independence. Fall in love with yourself and commit to your goals, dreams and desires, that’s the most important relationship you can be in.

~ Malti Bhojwani

How he loved and yetwished to leave you: always both, at once.

~ Rainer Maria Rilke

I need someone who is willing to watch me brave the ocean and then dare me not to drown.

~ Colleen Hoover

I do not imagine I will ever cling to her like she is the last handhold on an otherwise sheer cliff. I have wings. I am ever here in this moment because she is where I want to be. She is not some inanimate savior, she has wings of her own to flutter and soar. I intend to fly beside her, to tumble through the air in loops and gambols, to carry her when she grows tired, to keep her warm beneath them against raging winds.

~ Thomm Quackenbush

Jo couldn’t even lose her heart in a decorous manner, but sternly tried to quench her feelings, and failing to do so, led a somewhat agitated life. She was mortally afraid of being laughed at for surrendering, after her many and vehement declarations of independence.

~ Louisa May Alcott

I admire independence. The world would be a stronger place if we were all capable of handling life on our own. But being capable of it doesn't mean being unable to share and depend on someone else. It shouldn't mean being unwilling to. That's the romance.

~ Nora Roberts

I love your independence, I love that you don't swoon, I love that you'll fight me with your last breath if you think I'm wrong, and if I ever have to catch you, I swear I'll make sure you're standing on your feet as quickly as you can manage it.

~ Dianna Hardy

The only way to know the honesty of any person is to love them without desire.

~ G.k. Dutta

Some people think they are punishing me when they hit their head against a wall. If that's not insane, I wonder what is. Yeah, I'm going to punish you for being my boyfriend, by insulting you and destroying our relationship. I'm going to punish you for taking me on vacations, by disappearing, even if you are the one with the house keys. I'm going to punish you for giving me books to read, by not reading them. I'm going to punish you for complaining about my behavior, by becoming a much worse person. And well, why not, I'm going to commit suicide to prove you my life has no value and you are wrong in thinking it does? It's so sad when people are literally as stupid and dumb as they are insane.

~ Robin Sacredfire

It takes two to manage the relationship, but it takes one to begin the change.

~ Sheri E. Ragland

Love is the ocean. We are all the waves.

~ Subhan Zein

Quality sells itself. No hype needed.

~ Brandi L. Bates

Some say pain is the greatest motivator. . . I say it's love.

~ Solange Nicole

Plus, if you think carefully, when you fall in love with someone not for her lookay, don't you think it's purer? It would last longer as physical aged but personality grows

~ Evelyn Rose

If you want to attain some heights in your life, you have to walk every minute.

~ Prakhar Srivastav

Love is a funny thing. The ones we love don't always love us back.

~ Scylar Tyberius

What I would like to say to you in conclusion is this: romance is the dessert. If you are hungry, you need to be working on the main meal - yourself. That means learning how to fulfill yourself first, and once you have achieved that, then you will be ready for dessert! - Raeleen

~ Belinda Jones

My flaws and imperfections make me perfectly incomplete.

~ Aisha Mirza

The research on male-female attraction tells us that in reality neither males nor females thinks that physical attraction a turn-on. It's the slightly tousled hair, imperceptibly loosened tie, the little flaws that attract someone because we perceive them as human and thus like ourselves

~ Belinda Jones

I can't assume responsibility for a man's infidelity, no more than I can take credit for his choice to remain faithful.

~ Lorraine Maloney Armstrong

Love is a trance which oscillates between hormones and emotions.

~ Chandan Sharma

He still heard his mother's voice--Davey--rise like whisper-dust from unseen corners in the house, but it was no longer the only voice he heard. His ears were also filled with the voices of others--his father and Primrose and Refrigerator John and his grandmother. Of course, all of their words for a thousand years could not fill the hole left by his mother, but they could raise a loving fence around it so he didn't keep falling in.

~ Jerry Spinelli

Sometimes I struggle. Sometimes I falter. Sometimes I live in gray. But always I remember the yarrow you’ve grown in the spaces of my rib cage. I now love with roses from my heart, with lilacs from my mouth.

~ Elijah Noble El

The truth is, we tend to train people how we want to be treated. If others know you have wishy-washy boundaries then they are free to walk all over you; the results…you become a doormat. We have actually trained others to do this when we will allow people to wipe their muddy feet on us. After all, we are doormats.

~ David W. Earle

Acceptance is the most beautiful word in any language; this beautiful concept can only exist when you allow other people to be who they are and do not imprison them with your definition of what is right, proper, correct, or other limiting criteria. Decreasing the black and white in your thinking allows for an expansive area of gray, allowing you to live your life and others to live there life. Acceptance sets us all free! This simple change of thought creates a wonderful space for happiness to thrive.

~ David W. Earle

Being able to say, “No,” is a necessary ingredient in a healthy lifestyle.

~ David W. Earle

Everyone needs a place to be honest.

~ David W. Earle

Children have empty erasable white boards upon which big people write indelibly imprinted messages into their tender subconscious minds.

~ David W. Earle

This imbalance causes resentments within the over-responsible and dependency with the irresponsible person and this dynamic becomes the destructive life-pattern not conducive to happy families.

~ David W. Earle

Change is threatening to the status quo.

~ David W. Earle