Memorable quotes about love from various books.
1. “Love is not an equation, it is not a contract, and it is not a happy ending. Love is the slate under the chalk, the ground that buildings rise, and the oxygen in the air. It is the place you come back to, no matter where you’re headed.”
— Jodi Picoult, “Second Glance”
2. “I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss from her mouth, one touch of her hand, than eternity without it.”
— Seth Grahame-Smith, “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies”
3. “I have waited for this opportunity for more than half a century, to repeat to you once again my vow of eternal fidelity and everlasting love.”
— Gabriel García Márquez, “Love in the Time of Cholera”
4. “You are my heart, my life, my one and only thought.”
— Arthur Conan Doyle, “The White Company”
5. “I am who I am because of you. You are every reason, every hope, and every dream I’ve ever had.”
— Nicholas Sparks, “The Notebook”
6. “The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.”
— Eden Ahbez, “Nature Boy” (lyrics from the song, later adapted in various books)
7. “I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone.”
— J.R.R. Tolkien, “The Fellowship of the Ring”
8. “Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”
— Emily Brontë, “Wuthering Heights”
9. “The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds.”
— Nicholas Sparks, “The Notebook”
10. “Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.”
— James Baldwin, “The Fire Next Time”
11. “You don’t love someone because they’re perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they’re not.”
— Jodi Picoult, “My Sister’s Keeper”
12. “Love is like the wind, you can’t see it but you can feel it.”
— Nicholas Sparks, “A Walk to Remember”
13. “Love is an untamed force. When we try to control it, it destroys us. When we try to imprison it, it enslaves us. When we try to understand it, it leaves us feeling lost and confused.”
— Paulo Coelho, “By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept”
14. “The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.”
— Blaise Pascal, “Pensées”
15. “To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life.”
— Victor Hugo, “Les Misérables”
16. “Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful.”
— Nicholas Sparks, “A Walk to Remember”
17. “Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it.”
— Rabindranath Tagore, “Stray Birds”
18. “Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds.”
— William Shakespeare, Sonnet 116
19. “You have bewitched me, body and soul, and I love, I love, I love you. I never wish to be parted from you from this day on.”
— Jane Austen, “Pride and Prejudice”
20. “When love is not madness it is not love.”
— Pedro Calderón de la Barca, “La vida es sueño”
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