"We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away." ~ Walker Percy
In a nutshell, loving someone is about giving, not receiving. ~ Nicholas Sparks, 1999 Interview
There were no other eyes like those in the world. There was only one creature in the world that could concentrate for him all the brightness and meaning of life. ~ Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
Love is a force. It is not a result; it is a cause. It is not a product; it produces. It is a power, like money or steam or electricity. ~ Ann Morrow Lindbergh
Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value. ~ Thornton Wilder
There is enough love in this world for everybody, if people will just look. ~ Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.. Cat's Cradle
Love is a fiend, a fire, a heaven, a hell, Where pleasure, pain and sad repentance dwell. ~ Richard Barnfield
Love is always bestowed as a gift—freely, willingly, and without expectation. We don’t love to be loved; we love to love. ~ Leo Buscaglia
Love is of all the passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart, and the senses. ~ François Voltaire
Love is a great beautifier. ~ Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
The best love affairs are those we never had. ~ Norman Lindsay
Love rules without rules. ~ Italian Proverb
We are not held back by the love we didn’t receive in the past, but by the love we’re not extending in the present. ~ Marianne Williamson