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61 " She didn't belong anywhere and she never really belonged to anyone. And everyone else belonged somewhere and to someone. People thought she was too wonderful. But she only wanted to belong to someone. People always thought she was too wonderful to belong to them or that something too wonderful would hurt too much to lose. And that's why she liked him-- because he just thought she was crazy. "
― C. JoyBell C.
62 " I care," he said in a trembling voice. " I care so much that I do not know how to tell you without it seeming inconsequential compared to how I feel. Even if I am distant at times and seem as if I do not want to be with you, it is only because this scares me, too. "
63 " I met an old lady once, almost a hundred years old, and she told me, 'There are only two questions that human beings have ever fought over, all through history. How much do you love me? And Who's in charge? "
― Elizabeth Gilbert , Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
64 " I’m in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable, and that we’re all doomed and that there will come a day when all our labor has been returned to dust, and I know the sun will swallow the only earth we’ll ever have, and I am in love with you. "
― John Green , The Fault in Our Stars
65 " One day, when I am a braver man, I will tell her these things, and then I will look her in the eye tell her I love her and ask her to be only mine. But until that day, we're just friends. "
― Charlie Huston , Already Dead (Joe Pitt, #1)
66 " ...unrequited love does not die; it's only beaten down to a secret place where it hides, curled and wounded. For some unfortunates, it turns bitter and mean, and those who come after pay the price for the hurt done by the one who came before. "
― Elle Newmark , The Book of Unholy Mischief
67 " Being with you and not being with you is the only way I have to measure time. "
― Jorge Luis Borges
68 " He could totally be your boyfriend," [Angel] went on with annoying persistance. " You guys could get married. I could be like a junior bridesmaid. Total could be your flower dog." " I'm only a kid!" I shrieked. " I can't get married!" " You could in New Hampshire." "
69 " Let’s start with this statistic: You are delicious. Be brave, my sweet. I know you can get lonely. I know you can crave companionship and sex and love so badly that it physically hurts. But I truly believe that the only way you can find out that there’s something better out there is to first believe there’s something better out there. What other choice is there? "
― Greg Behrendt , He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
70 " Stephen kissed me in the spring,Robin in the fall,But Colin only looked at meAnd never kissed at all.Stephen’s kiss was lost in jest,Robin’s lost in play,But the kiss in Colin’s eyesHaunts me night and day. "
― Sara Teasdale , The Collected Poems
71 " She wasnt exactly sure when it happened. Or even when it started. All she knew for sure was that right here and now, she was falling hard and she could only pray that he was feeling the same way. "
― Nicholas Sparks , Safe Haven
72 " Did I really want to stay on this road longer, knowing it was only going to end in devastation? "
― Becca Fitzpatrick , Crescendo (Hush, Hush, #2)
73 " There are memories that time does not erase... Forever does not make loss forgettable, only bearable. "
― Cassandra Clare , City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments, #6)
74 " My parents danced together, her head on his chest. Both had their eyes closed. They seemed so perfectly content. If you can find someone like that, someone who you can hold and close your eyes to the world with, then you're lucky. Even if it only lasts for a minute or a day. The image of them gently swaying to the music is how I picture love in my mind even after all these years. "
― Patrick Rothfuss , The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
75 " And now I know why they invented words for love, why they had to: It's the only thing that can come close to describing what I feel in that moment, the baffling mixture of pain and pleasure and fear and joy, all running sharply through me at once. "
― Lauren Oliver , Delirium (Delirium, #1)
76 " In this part of the story I am the one whodies, the only one, and I will die of love because I love you,because I love you, Love, in fire and in blood. "
― Pablo Neruda , 100 Love Sonnets
77 " Only love of a good woman will make a man question every choice, every action. Only love makes a warrior hesitate for fear that his lady will find him cruel. Only love makes a man both the best he will ever be, and the weakest. Sometimes all in the same moment. -Wicked "
― Laurell K. Hamilton
78 " The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants. "
― Johnny Depp
79 " My heart only ever had one thought, one want. One need. Despite all, in spite of all...All my heart has ever wanted is you. "
― Stephanie Laurens , The Edge of Desire (Bastion Club, #7)
80 " The only love that I really believe in is a mother’s love for her children. "
― Karl Lagerfeld