The thing is that love gives us a ringside seat on somebody else's flaws, so of course you're gonna spot some things that kinda need to be mentioned. But often the romantic view is to say, 'If you loved me, you wouldn't criticise me.' Actually, true love is often about trying to teach someone how to be the best version of themselves.
To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia - to mistake an ordinary young woman for a goddess.
Love is the one thing in life that makes everything worthwhile.
Love is the best school, but the tuition is high and the homework can be painful.
A great fight that I'd love is B.J. Penn. That would be so awesome. He's a veteran of the sport. He's fought everywhere.
With compassion you can die for other people, like the mother who can die for her child. You have the courage to say it because you are not afraid of losing anything, because you know that understanding and love is the foundation of happiness. But if you have fear of losing your status, your position, you will not have the courage to do it.
Love is the driver for all great stories: not just romantic love, but the love of parent for child, for family, for country.
Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration.
Jean Thompson's short-story collection 'Who Do You Love' is a beautiful book, but a hell of a sad one.
The trick to great romance is in overcoming adversity. In realizing that love is worth some uphill climbs.
The beauty we love is very silent. It smiles softly to itself, but never speaks.
Love is itself an expression of strength.
You're not looking for perfection in your partner. Perfection is all about the ego. With soulmate love, you know that true love is what happens when disappointment sets in - and you're willing to deal maturely with these disappointments.
Love is boundary-less.
The problem often is that aspiring brands wish to be universally loved. Unfortunately, universal love is neither achievable nor desirable. Instead, great brands are loved by some and hated by others because they actually stand for something.
What Tolstoy is on about is that carnal love is not a good idea.
It's a bummer interracial love is still such a big deal. To me, it's quite normal. I grew up seeing couples that were interracial. Who cares if it's a black guy and white girl, or an Asian guy and white girl, etc.? Odds are, every combo exists out there somewhere so why not put it on the screen? Shouldn't art imitate life?
I think love is something that you have to work on, and it develops over experience and time. Love is a practice.
My first love is art, and I see a lot of things in an artistic way.
Our family is very tight. Just like any family, we have our ups and downs, but the love is always going to be there. I try to go to my parents' house as much as I can.
Love is a complicated emotion because you can learn something or hear something that goes against what you have come to know personally. It can be very challenging to what you believe.
The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.
To be loved is a strength. To love is a weakness.
As in all matters involving love, which has so many different meanings, you find that the feeling that we label 'love' is not a simple feeling, it's a very complex one. Under the heading 'love' can come all sorts of rage and desperation.
I think the thing about love is that even though the things around us change, we as human beings, a lot of the ways we interact, and the ways we love each other is timeless. It requires trust, honesty, commitment, romance, and physical chemistry.
Love is really the only thing we can possess, keep with us, and take with us.
The state of being in love is so inherently preposterous. It usually lends itself to romantic comedy. I think we've all been there.
I believe that love is the choice we make to raise ourselves and others to the highest planes of existence.
Yelling between people in love is normal.
Love is the greatest gift that God has given us. It's free.
The American fantasy of love is the 'meet-cute,' 'Love at first sight,' and 'You had me at hello!' The completely spontaneous version of accidental love, which doesn't care about demographics and social compatibility.
I think the kind of unexpected I really love is when you open books and the actual way of writing is different and interesting. Like reading Virginia Woolf for the first time or Lawrence Durrell for the first time.
Love is more important than material possessions.
Love is... never asking for more than you are prepared to give.
I don't believe love is fickle. I believe when you love someone, you are allowed to love from afar. You don't have to be with that person in order to love him.
Perfect happiness is knowing that everyone I love is healthy, safe, and content.