130 Love Quotes by Famous Authors Around the World

1. Love with your whole heart by Haruki Murakami

This Japanese writer penned the quote, “if you can love someone with your whole heart, even one person, then there’s salvation in life. Even if you can’t get together with that person.”

The quote is found in his novel 1Q84 which was first published in 2009. Murakami says these words to show that where there is deep-rooted love for someone, it brings out boldness and hope to face life.

1Q84 is a surreal novel with protagonist Aomame and her childhood love Tengo. They are caught up in the fictionalized year of 1984 which Aomame calls ”1Q84”. The couple escapes together in search of reality. The novel explores religion, truth, loneliness, and love themes.

2. Only ask someone if they love you if you love them by Shin Kyung-sook

The South Korean writer said that “you should only ask someone if they love you if you love them regardless of what the answer might be.” These words are derived from her novel I’ll Be Right There.

Shin uses poetic language to underline that when one feels love and affection toward another person, one ought to ask whether the other person feels the same attraction. Further expect and appreciate the response of the other party.

3. Love cannot be explained, yet it explains all by Elif Shafak

Elif is a Turkish novelist famed for her novel The Forty Rules of Love. The book was inspired by her education in Gender and Women’s Studies. It was published in 2009.

The Forty Rules of Love is centered on love and encourages humanity to have love in thoughts and practice. “Love cannot be explained, yet it explains all” is one of the many love quotes in the book. It means people never know how they end up in love. But afterward, it leaves memories that tell the love story.

4. Its a Mistake to interpret actions to fit your definition of love by Nisha Sharma

In her exact words, Sharma says, “the biggest mistake you can make is trying to interpret someone’s actions in a way that fits your definition of love.” This quote is picked from her novel Dating Dr. Dil. It teaches that one should seek to know the force behind another person’s actions. But not define any deeds in their view of love. The Indian author is famous in the romance genre for other works like My So-Called Bollywood Life.

5. Society was a system for falling in love by Sayaka Murata

“Society was a system for falling in love. People who couldn’t fall in love had to fake it. What came first: the system or love?” Murata in her book Earthlings questions the sincerity of the state of love in society.

6. What is the heart’s memory but love itself by Tan Twan Eng

Tan is a Malaysian novelist and quoted, “the mind forgets, but the heart will always remember. And what is the heart’s memory but love itself?” With this quote, Twan Eng presents the thought that the heart never erases love memories. It’s borrowed from The Gift of Rain novel.

7. It’s not enough to find someone you love by Uzma Jalaluddin

The Asian American wrote, “it’s not enough to find someone you love. You have to be ready for that love, and ready to make changes to welcome it into your life.” The quote is found in her book Ayesha At Last. It portrays love as a responsibility to look out for the other person you’re in love with.

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8. Love isn’t about when you first meet by Kazuo Ishiguro

“Love isn’t about when you first meet. It’s about the many years you spend together when you’re trying to keep that flame burning.” In this quote, Ishiguro shows that love is the persistence to hold on to it long after the first meeting. He is a British novelist of Japanese descent.

9. Love and peace are the right way to confront tyranny by Nihad Sirees

The Syrian novelist wrote, “I believe that love and peace are the right way to confront tyranny.” This is featured in his book The Silence and the Roar. This quote teaches that love and peace are supreme to oppressive and cruel leadership.

10. Not everyone is brave enough to be themselves- Sonya Lalli

Sonya is of Punjabi and Bengali heritage. This self-love quote is from her novel The Matchmaker’s List. Raina Anand the protagonist in the book is in a dilemma. She is trapped in a modern-day arranged marriage by her grandmother. Raina isn’t supportive of the marriage but she is afraid of shattering her grandmother’s wishes. So she wants to be herself but lacks the courage to do that.

11. I want you, exactly the way you are today by Sonali Dev

She is an Indian writer and this quote is from her novel The Bollywood Bride. “I want you, exactly the way you are today the way you’ll be tomorrow, and fifty years from now. And I want you to want me enough to deal with whatever happens.”

In The Bollywood Bride novel, Ria and Vikram spent childhood summers together and their friendship leads to love. Yet Ria sells her soul to stardom. Hence, Vikram says the words to approve his unchanged love for her.

12. I miss you more than I remember you by Ocean Vuong

He pens this in his novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. The book is in form of a letter from a Vietnamese American son to his illiterate mother. Thus the quote describes a son’s feelings for his mother while in a distant land.

13. Love doesn’t always hit like a thunderbolt by Sara Desai

In her book The Marriage Game, she points out that “love doesn’t always hit like a thunderbolt. Sometimes it can grow quietly in the background until one day you realize it is there.” With this quote, Desai tries to let the reader know that love takes time to grow.

14. In true love, you attain freedom by Thich Nhat Hanh

In the novel True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart is where these words are mentioned. This Vietnamese writer says “in true love, you attain freedom. When you love, you bring freedom to the person you love. If the opposite is true, it is not true love. You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.” It means true love permits those in love to carry on with what they feel comfortable in.

15. You don’t need to belong to one another to love one another by Eka Kurniawan

These words are found in Kurniawan’s creation Beauty is a Wound. It’s a story about a beautiful prostitute with her four daughters. They all go through heartbreaking situations including sexual violence and rape. This Indonesian writer uses the words to address the concern that though people may be in certain love relationships, they can find themselves loving other people besides their partners.

16. Love should have no alternatives by Nick Joaquín

The Filipino writer penned “love should have no alternatives; love should be the sole reason for loving; love should spring of itself.” These saying is in his book Reportage on Lovers. With these words, he points out that there should be no other options for loving except only driven by sincere love.

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17. Love isn’t something you choose, you catch it like a disease by Amos Oz

Oz was an Israeli writer. He made this quote “love isn’t something you choose, you catch it like a disease, you get trapped in it, like a disaster.” It is derived from his book A Tale of Love and Darkness. Amos aimed at presenting the idea that no one has a choice of who or when to love, it finds them as diseases do.

18. Happiness means being close to the one you love, that’s all by Orhan Pamuk

Orhan is a Turkish novelist and receiver of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. He mentioned this phrase in his novel The Museum of Innocence. Moreover, he puts forward the thought that closeness to those you love is crucial to your happiness.

19. Seas move away, why not lovers? by Michael Ondaatje

Ondaatje is a Sri Lankan-Canadian poet. He posed this quote in the book, The English Patient. It is a reference to people that find a challenge in moving on when their love relationships fail.

20. Love is like an eternal flame by Kamila Shamsie

“Love is like an eternal flame once it is lit, it will continue to burn for all time.” Kamila is a Pakistani-British writer. Her words in this quote bring forth the idea that like a flame love never goes off.

21. Love which is not always springing is always dying by Kahlil Gibran

This Lebanese writer provokes readers to keep their love alive to prevent it from dying in his book Sand and Foam.

22. Life without love is like a tree without fruit by Kahlil Gibran

“Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit. And love without beauty is like flowers without fragrance, and fruit without seed. Life, Love, and Beauty are three entities in oneself, free and boundless, which know neither change nor separation.” Kahlil expresses his belief in his book The Essential Gibran. He lays it out that Life, Love, and Beauty are inseparable.

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23. Love is the most important by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Nigerian author Adichie says “love is the most important. The most necessary human emotion. Not just romantic love. Love. The ability of human beings to connect.”

This is a real-life love quote by Chimamanda. She aims at laying out that love between a couple goes beyond romance and the first affection. It’s about the partner’s ability to understand and relate well with each other.

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24. The nature of love is to kill for it, or to die by Maaza Mengiste

The Ethiopian writer shares this view on love in her novel Beneath the Lion’s Gaze. She portrays love as being possessive ready to die or kill for itself.

25. Love has made the world beautiful by Nawal El Saadawi

“Love has made me a different person. It has made the world beautiful.” These words by Nawal are from her novel Woman at Point Zero. It’s a reflection on the positive side of love possessing the ability to change individuals. The ripple effect is that it creates a better world.

26. In love, no question is ever preposterous by Andre Brink

Brink, the South African novelist offers his view on love with this quote from his novel Before I Forget. The idea in the quote is that, for anyone in love, every question counts and is worth asking.

27. I could fall in love with you and have no regrets by Kenya Wright

“I could fall in love with you and have no regrets. I want you so bad. You’ll never understand how much.” This quote is extracted from the novel Escape by the Kenyan author Wright. It depicts the extent to which people can go for the sake of love.

28. The man who let the love of his life pass him by will end up alone by Yasmina 

Yasmina Khadra is an Algerian writer and he said, “the man who let the love of his life pass him by will end up alone with his regrets and all the sighs in the world won’t soothe his soul.”

Khadra gives his opinion to emphasize that once someone identifies the one they’re in love with, they ought not to let them go. If they do, they end up regretting their action all their life with no consolation.

29. Love is a territory where orders can’t be issued by Mia Couto

He is a Mozambican writer. By this phrase, Couto seeks to paint the picture of love as being accommodative and respectful of all.

30. Love is fine to sing about by Ama Ata Aidoo

The Ghanaian novelist pens this argument in her book Changes: A Love Story. In her exact words, she says, “Love? Love? Love is not safe, my lady silk, love is dangerous. It is deceitfully sweet like wine from a fresh palm tree at dawn. Love is fine for singing about and love songs are good to listen to, sometimes even to dance to.” With this quote, she gives an analogy of love as a risk and only good to be sung in songs but not to be experienced firsthand.

31. What’s terrible is to pretend you don’t need love when you do by Doris Lessing

Lessing was a British-Zimbabwean novelist. Her novel The Golden Notebook is where these words are extracted from. Moreover, this is the complete quote, “What’s terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don’t need love when you do, or you like your work when you know quite well you’re capable of better.” With this notion, the author encourages the reader, not to fake love or cover it up but to follow as it leads.

32. Love is Love and at any given point we have everything we need by Imbolo Mbue

Mbue is a Cameroonian author. These words are picked from her novel Behold the Dreamers. “But the Universe gives us different sources of Love to unite us all as one. Who are we to decide what the source of our Love should be at any given time? Love is Love, and at any given point we have everything we need.” The lesson Imbolo puts across here is, love unites people and can’t be dictated. It can originate from anywhere and it completes itself.

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33. I want love to flow from my heart by Tayeb Salih

Salih was a Sudanese writer. He wrote that “I want to take my rightful share of life by force, I want to give lavishly, I want love to flow from my heart, to ripen and bear fruit.” The quote is found in his book Season of Migration to the North. Tayeb by these words encourages the reader to make the most of every aspect of life including love.

34. The flavor of life is love by Mariama Bâ

She was a Senegalese writer. In her novel So Long a Letter she penned this quote “the flavor of life is love. The salt of life is also love.” In this context, she paints the picture of love as an important add-on to life.

35. The gaze of love is not deluded -J. M. Coetzee

Coetzee says that “the gaze of love is not deluded. It sees what is best in the beloved even when what is best in the beloved finds it hard to emerge into the light.”

The South African writer captured this point of view in his book Slow Man. It brings out the sense that love is a strong belief about your partner to the extent it lets you see their best aspects that aren’t visible physically.

36. I love those whom I love by Ibrahim Al-Koni

The Libyan writer has this quote in his book The Seven Veils of Seth. “I don’t love those who love me. I love those whom I love. Ibrahim triggers the reader to an understanding of love as a firm decision of choice that depends only on those involved.

37. Romance is the sweetening of the soul by Wole Soyinka

“Romance is the sweetening of the soul with fragrance offered by the stricken heart.” Soyinka leaves his readers with the thought that a heart in love over time steers it to deeper lengths such as romance.

38. Lasting love has to be built on mutual regard by Chimamanda Adichie

The Americanah novelist offers this as love-life advice more than it is a love quote.  She says “lasting love has to be built on mutual regard and respect. It is about seeing the other person.”  Adichie presents the idea that for love to live long, it is selfless and about each other.

39. Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel by Doris Lessing

Doris in this quote tries to pass on information that no human being is perfect. So each person has their weaknesses.

40. Friendship has splendors that love knows not by Mariama Bâ

“Friendship has splendors that love knows not. It grows stronger when crossed, whereas obstacles kill love. Friendship resists time, which wearies and severs couples. It has heights unknown to love.” These words from the novel So Long a Letter contrasts friendship and love. Further, it alludes that friendship goes to an extent that love is limited to reach.

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41. Glory of dying for love by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“There is no greater glory than to die for love.” The Colombian novelist brought these words in his book Love in the Time of Cholera. From his perspective, he aimed at letting the reader know that dying for love is considered honorable.

42. Smile of love by Marquez

“Never stop smiling not even when you’re sad, someone might fall in love with your smile.”This is a real-life quote by Marquez emphasizing the importance of a smile. Adding that a smile may win someone’s heart.

43. The hardest thing about love is to let go by Isabel Allende

This Chilean writer exposes that it is tough to get over someone or something you once loved.

44. When love exists, nothing else matters by Allende

“When love exists, nothing else matters, not life’s predicaments, not the fury of the years, not a physical winding down or scarcity of opportunity.” Allende focuses on the great side of love with this quote. It overcomes all including life’s challenges.

45. Love is not to be proven or measured by Jorge Amado

“Love is not to be proven or measured. It exists, and that is enough.” The Brazilian writer affirms to his audience that love requires no proof. Knowing it exists is enough.

46. The paradox of love by Amado

“Love-the most wonderful and most terrible thing in the world.” Amado in this case presents the paradox of love. It has both positive and negative effects. It is lifted from his novel Gabriela, clavo y canela.

47. Love is now, is always by Clarice Lispector

“Love is now, is always. All that is missing is the coup de grâce- which is called passion.” Clarice thoughts show that love is immediate, not meant to wait and without end. She is a Brazillian writer.

48. To fall in love is to create a religion by Jorge Luis Borges

“To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god.” Borges wrote this phrase to indicate that love is mysterious and not perfect. He is an Argentina writer.

49. Romantic love makes you suffer by Mario Vargas Llosa

The Peruvian novelist notes this phrase in his book Travesuras de la niña mala. “The secret to happiness, at least to peace of mind, is knowing how to separate sex from love.  And, if possible, eliminate romantic love from your life, which is the love that makes you suffer. That way, I assure you, you live with greater tranquility and enjoy things more.” Mario’s view in this quote is that happiness is possible where there is no romantic love.

50. Jealousy of love by Augusto Roa Bastos

Augusto was a Paraguayan author. He said, “the possessive passion of jealousy turns love into the most perverse form of self-love, that is, hatred of the other.” The lesson pointed out here is that jealousy is possessive. Additionally, when pushed to extreme levels it can turn love and affection into hate.

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51. The wedding matters more than love by Eduardo Galeano

Galeano was a Uruguayan writer. These were his words, “we live in a world where the funeral matters more than the dead, the wedding more than love, and the physical rather than the intellect. We live in the container culture, which despises the content.” Eduardo challenges the status quo of society. That people are keener on sustaining their ego at the expense of their well-being.

52. Love is a project, a dream to feed daily by Mario Benedetti

Benedetti the Uruguayan writer provokes his audience with the thought that love is an investment whose vision must be kept alive daily. 

53. We know nothing about those we love by Cristina Peri Rossi

In her novel, The Ship of Fools she provides her view on love. “We know nothing about those we love except our need of their presence.” It means that though we may have little knowledge about the people we love, we are certain that our presence in their lives is crucial. She is an Uruguayan writer.

54. A small girl trying to find someone to love by Marylin Simons

“I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love.” These are the words of this Surinamese writer. With this phrase she uncovers the reality of human nature, none is perfect.

55. Love does not consist of gazing at each other by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

This quote is found in his novel Airman’s Odyssey. He wrote, “love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.” The Surinamese writer explains that love isn’t having the exact mindset as your partner but rather it is togetherness and having the same motive.

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56. I’ve lived to bury my desires by Alexander Pushkin

“I’ve lived to bury my desires and see my dreams corrode with rust; Now all that’s left are fruitless fires. That burn my empty heart to dust.” Pushkin the Russian author portrays to the reader that unrevealed passions never die yet they are a pain in the heart.

57. Love us dirty, for anyone will love us clean by Nikolai Gogol

Nikolai presents the opinion that the good side of people is easy to love. But their weaknesses, only a few dare to accept others that way. He was a Russian novelist.

58. Oh, love isn’t there to make us happy by Hermann Hesse

“Oh, love isn’t there to make us happy, I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure.” This is featured in his book Peter Camenzind. This German author passes on to the reader that love isn’t so much about excitement like it is about perseverance.

59. Love is always simply itself by Thomas Mann

“Love is always simply itself, both as a subtle affirmation of life and as the highest passion; love is our sympathy with organic life.” Thomas Mann penned this saying in the novel, The Magic Mountain. It means love is standard in every aspect, it never seeks to pretend.

60. If music be the food of love, play on by William Shakespeare

This quote is drawn from Shakespeare’s play Twelfth Night. The speaker in this scenario considers music as food for the soul. So he asks for more of it to quench his appetite for love. Shakespeare was from the U.K.

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61. If I cannot inspire love I will cause fear by Mary Shelley

It is derived from Shelley’s Frankenstein novel. It talks of love as vital to an individual’s well-being and success. Shelley came from the U.K.

62. Life is the flower for which love is the honey by Victor Hugo

This French author Hugo in this reference shows the law of attraction at play. As bees depend on flowers to make honey, humans live life to produce love.

63. Love is a dream by Alfred de Musset

“Life is a sleep, love is a dream, and you have lived if you have loved.” Alfred who was also French presents to readers that love is a dream in the journey of life. Hence at some point in life, human beings have to love for their life to count as meaningful.

64. Love is a glass by Alberto Moravia

The Italian writer has this captured in the book The Woman of Rome. Moravia wrote, “and we all know love is a glass which makes even a monster appear fascinating.” The author sparks the imagination of love having the ability to bring out the best in people and conceal their real dark personalities.

65. Love is three-quarters curiosity by Giacomo Casanova

Casanova’s thought in this quote is that much about everything about love is left for discovery. He was also from Italy.

66. To burn with desire is punishment by Federico García Lorca

“To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.” This was Lorca’s ideology from his novel Blood Wedding and Yerma. It shows that any affection felt is supposed to be spoken out otherwise it turns into a source of pain. Federico hailed from Spain.

67. Stopping to think about loving someone by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“The moment you stop to think about whether you love someone you’ve already stopped loving that person forever.”  It’s in the book The Shadow of the Wind. It means that questioning yourself whether you love someone is proof you love them. When you stop you’ve quit loving them. Zafón was an author from Spain.

68. Love generally is a scary thing by Oksana Zabuzhko

The Ukrainian creative shares her view in the novel The Museum of Abandoned Secrets. Her exact words, “sometimes I get a bit scared—love generally is a scary thing, happy love no less than unhappy, only for some reason no one ever talks about that.” Oksana expresses the fear of loving. Happy or unhappy love has equal dimensions of challenges in this context.

69. Happiness comes from love by Henryk Sienkiewicz

The Polish writer in his book Quo Vadis states that “happiness springs from another source, a far deeper one that doesn’t depend on will because it comes from love.” With these words, he points the reader to love as the deep source of happiness.

70. Let the people who never find true love be by Wisława Szymborska

“Let the people who never find true love keep saying that there’s no such thing. Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die.” Words from Wisława’s book View With a Grain of Sand. The message to her audience is to stick to their belief about true love for those that do. Furthermore, respect the view of those that don’t believe in its existence.

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71. The opposite of love is not hatred by Elie Wiesel

The Romanian writer said “the opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference.” The picture drawn by the author is that if you don’t have love doesn’t mean you hate it may be the subject is of little interest to you.

72. I will give you as much love by Amelie Nothomb

“Because we don’t have much time together, I will give you as much love in a year as I could give you in a lifetime.” Amelie shows that when in separation from a loved one, once you meet, show them much love to compensate for the period you won’t be together. Nothomb is a Belgian author.

73. When we lose one we love by Maurice Maeterlinck

“When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.” The Belgian writer, Maeterlinck puts it plainly that when we lose close people what pains us most are the chances of loving the departed that we let pass us by.

74. Love is a fire that burns unseen by Luís de Camões

The statement is adopted from his poem Sonetos de Camões. The poem reads, “love is a fire that burns unseen, a wound that aches yet isn’t felt, an always discontent contentment, a pain that rages without hurting.” Camões in this poetic piece delves into the unseen expressions of love that are only felt and never seen. He was a Portuguese poet.

75. Nothing can make up for the loss of love by Selma Lagerlöf

“Nothing on earth can make up for the loss of one who has loved you.”This Swedish author offered this perspective to inform us that nothing can fill the gap left by someone that loved us.

76. One heart for hatred and another for love by Svetlana Alexievich

The Belarusian author has this quote in her book War’s Unwomanly Face. “There can’t be one heart for hatred and another for love. We only have one, and I always thought about how to save my heart.” It means you can either harbor love or hate in your heart and never both.

77. Love runs away from the human hearts by Ivan Vazov

“Love runs away from the human hearts, people are no longer brothers.” It’s found in the novel  Geratsite, written by Bulgarian author Ivan. It means people are loving less with each passing day.

78. My blood wants love, as my heart does by Hans Christian Andersen

“Almighty God,…! Give me a livelihood! Give me a bride! My blood wants love, as my heart does!” This Danish writer made this prayer to express the desperation of desiring to find a love partner.

79. The love goes where it wants by Aleksis Kivi

“The love goes where it wants, you hear it rustling but you do not know where it’s going and where it goes.” The Finnish writer said these words to expose the reader to the notion that love leads as it wishes.

80. Love is a greater mystery than death by Jo Nesbø

The Norwegian put this in his novel The Bat. The saying depicts love as a difficult code to crack.

81. If you do not love me I shall not be loved by Samuel Beckett

He was an Irish novelist and wrote “if you do not love me I shall not be loved. If I do not love you I shall not love.” This author speaks of deep affection between love partners that makes them inseparable.

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82. Love is a risk by Amy Andrews

“Love is a risk. It always is. None of us is guaranteed a long life. But love takes courage.” These words are from Amy’s novel Ask Me Nicely. The Australian author describes love as a hit-or-miss situation and ought to be approached with boldness.

83. Inner progressiveness of love is wonderful by Sir Hugh Walpole

Walpole was a New Zealand writer. He argued, “this inner progressiveness of love between two human beings is a most marvelous thing; it cannot be found by looking for it or by passionately wishing for it. It is a sort of divine accident, and the most wonderful of all things in life.” This Australian author reveals that love between couples occurs willingly and it is one of the grandest things in life.

84. Don’t love someone because they’re perfect by Lani Wendt Young

Lani wrote, “you don’t love someone because they’re a dream of perfection. You love them because of the way they meet their challenges, and how they struggle to overcome them. You love them because together, you bring out the best in each other.” The Samoan writer pens her opinion that love is about seeking to make each other better. It’s found in her novel Telesa: The Covenant Keeper.

85. What we love we can save by Julian Aguon

This writer from Guam shares the ideology, “what we love we can save, including each other even when we are afraid.” He believes that people that love each other are willing to overcome fear to help out their loved ones.

86. No one makes love like they make a wall or a house by Richard Flanagan

“No one makes love like they make a wall or a house. They catch it like a cold. It makes them miserable and then it passes, and pretending otherwise is the road to hell.”

This is borrowed from Flanagan’s novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North. The writer suggests that love isn’t permanent like houses or walls nor is it planned for. It catches up with anyone at any time.

87. Love is a glimpse of hope by Flanagan

In Flanagan’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North, he adds that “love is a glimpse of hope. To love is to hope. When we abandon hope, we cease to exist.” This lays out that love exists where there is hope. Thus without hope, there can’t be love.

88. You can forget everything except people loving you by Melina Marchetta

The quote is from her book On the Jellicoe Road. She wrote “you can forget everything except people loving you. Maybe that’s why humans find it so hard to get over love affairs. It’s not the pain they’re getting over, it’s the love.” This presents the idea that people you have loved stick in your memories even when you part ways.

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89. Things you say that you can’t forgive yourself for by Marchetta

“Sometimes you say and do things to the people you love that you can’t forgive yourself for.” She voices out that there are instances you may hurt people very close to you with your speech. Yet it haunts you for a long time afterward.

90. It’s the pointless things that give your life meaning by Tim Winton

“It’s the pointless things that give your life meaning. Friendship, compassion, art, love. All of them are pointless. But they’re what keeps life from being meaningless.” Tim shares his discovery of how little things in life like love and compassion impact our lives on a huge magnitude.

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91. Man will do many things to get himself loved by Mark Twain

“Man will do many things to get himself loved; he will do all things to get himself envied.” From Twain’s book Following the Equator. He depicts the great extent to which people are willing to go to be loved by others. Moreover, to be envied people can do anything they are in a position to. The author was from the U.S.A.

92. Love is like the wind by Nicholas Sparks

“Love is like the wind, you can’t see it but you can feel it.” His novel A Walk to Remember is where these words are recorded. It’s an expression of love as an emotion. Hence untouchable and evident only through feelings. Sparks is from the U.S.A.

93. Falling in love doesn’t have anything to do with time by Nora Roberts

This is found in her novel Catherine and Amanda. Roberts wrote “I’ve found out that falling in love doesn’t have anything to do with time. It can take a year or an instant. It happens when it’s ready to happen.”The teaching from this is that love has no timelines whenever it’s ready anytime is good timing. The novelist is from the U.S.A.

94. Love can isolate us from everything around us by Carlos Fuentes

“Love can isolate us from everything around us. But in its absence, we can be filled with the fear that something comparable exists.” Quoted from the novel Todas las familias felices.

Fuentes opens the reader’s eyes to see that people in love can be caught up in their love affair and lose touch with everything else around them. In the contrast, if there’s no love it creates a void that people search for alternatives to fill the space. Fuentes was a Mexican author.

95. You don’t have to think about love by Laura Esquivel

“You don’t have to think about love you either feel it or you don’t.” This is quoted in Esquivel’s novel Swift as Desire. The Mexican writer presents the idea that when in love you are certain about your feelings. Hence it leaves no space for thought or discussions of whether you’re in love or not. 

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96. Love blurs your vision by Margaret Atwood

“Love blurs your vision but after it recedes, you can see more clearly than ever.” Drawn from Atwood’s book Cat’s Eye. This Canadian author nods to the idea of love having an effect of blinding its participants during the initial stages. After some time, fantasy ceases and reality sets in and that’s when they develop clarity of their situation.

97. Love affairs are for emotional sprinters by Robertson Davies

“Love affairs are for emotional sprinters; the pleasures of love are for the emotional marathoners.” The Canadian novelist points out that people involved in love affairs are more likely in it for a brief season. Further, those that intend to enjoy the benefits of love focus on long-term relationships.

98. If you love me, love me whole by Dulce María Loynaz

“If you love me, don’t break me in pieces: love me whole. Or do not love me at all.” This is an extract from one of Dulce’s poems. The idea presented here is that love accepts the other person in totality and not some bits of them. Dulce was a Cuban poet.

99. A good lover always takes his time by Guillermo Cabrera Infante

“A good smoker, like a good lover, always takes his time with a cigar.” The Cuban author compares a good lover with a cigar lover. His message is that both, take their time.

100. The half-life of love is forever by Junot Díaz

This quote is from Junot’s novel This Is How You Lose Her. It depicts love as endless. He is a Dominican-American writer.

101. When you fall in love, you have to play it out by Angie Cruz

“When you fall in love, you have to play it out even if everyone calls you crazy. That’s why they call it falling. We have no control over it.” These are words from Angie’s book Dominicana. This Dominican writer offers that when in love play its tune as it leads because you have little control over it.

102. Love isn’t saying, I love you by Marlon James

“Love isn’t saying, I love you but calling to say, did you eat.” The Jamaican writer argues that love is more than utterances. Its impact is realized through showing concern for the other person.

103. Tell me in storms, that you love me by Julia de Burgos

She was a Puerto Rican author. Julia in this phrase acknowledges that it’s important to affirm love for one another during difficult times.

104. Love that reassembles the fragments of a vase by Derek Walcott

“Break a vase, and the love that reassembles the fragments is stronger than that love which took its symmetry for granted when it was whole.” He was a Saint Lucian poet. Walcott penned this to stir his audience to learn to appreciate the value of what they have before it’s too late.

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105. I love you and that’s the beginning by F. Scott Fitzgerald

“I love you and that’s the beginning and end of everything.” This quote by the American novelist is an expression of how crucial love is to those in love, it means a lot to them.

106. I know what love is because of you by Hermann Hesse

“If I know what love is, it is because of you.” This German writer penned these words to reveal that love partners can grow each other’s knowledge of love. The quote is from his book Narcissus and Goldmund.

107. Remember me by Haruki Murakami

“If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.” The Japanese author wrote this in his novel Kafka on the Shore. Murakami unfolds to readers that what matters is that you remain in the memory of loved ones. Also, It’s of less concern if other people forget about you.

108. I never have to live without you by A. A. Milne

“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus a day so I never have to live without you.” He was an English writer. Milne tries to emphasize the strong bond between lovers and their desire to stay together all their lives.

109. You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep by Dr. Seuss

“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” The American author paints the image of realizing when you’re in love. It ceases from being fantasy and is a reality that you feel inclined to live on all the time.

110. I am who I am because of you by Nicholas Sparks

“I am who I am because of you. You are every reason, every hope, and every dream I’ve ever had.” It is featured in his novel The Notebook. The writer shows the completeness brought by love partners. That each partner complements the other.

111. A flower for every thought of you by Alfred Tennyson

“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk through my garden forever.” Alfred in his poetry speaks of how lovers can’t help thinking about each other all the time.

112. Still, I love you by Zelda Fitzgerald

“I’ve tried so many times to think of a new way to say it, and it’s still I love you.” She was a novelist and wife to author F. Scott Fitzgerald. Her words present unfruitful trials by lovers to explain love. Yet it remains defined by your feeling towards your love partner.

113. I would rather spend one lifetime with you by J.K.K. Tolkien

“I would rather spend one lifetime with you, than face all the ages of this world alone.” The English author quoted these words to unveil the strength possessed by love partners in unity unlike when each is left solo.

114. It was love at first sight by Vladimir Nabokov

“It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight.” It’s featured in the novel Lolita. The Russian novelist Nabokov draws his audience to visualize unchanging love between lovers.

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115. The entire universe conspired to help me find you by Paulo Coelho

“So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.” The Brazilian writer has this recorded in his novel The Alchemist. It means everything all around worked out well in support of the love relationship referred to by the author.

116. You have bewitched me body and soul by Jane Austen

“You have bewitched me body and soul, and I love, I love, I love you.” It is a quote found in Austen’s novel Pride & Prejudice. She explores love as being magical.

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117. You never lose by loving-Barbara De Angelis

“You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.”  It means loving is never a loss.

118. Love like you’ll never be hurt by William W. Purkey

“You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching; Love as you’ll never be hurt; Sing like there’s nobody listening; And live like its heaven on earth.” Purkey passes the message that everything in life ought to be enjoyed with all might.

119. Love is more than a feeling by William Arthur Ward

“Love is more than a noun – it is a verb; it is more than a feeling – it is caring, sharing, helping, sacrificing.” Ward shows us that to love is less of speaking and feelings and more of actions to those we love.

120. Falling in love is a glance by Ian McEwan

“Falling in love could be achieved in a single word—a glance.” It’s found in the book Atonement. It means love begins from seeing.

121. You don’t love someone because they’re perfect by Jodi Picoult

“You don’t love someone because they’re perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they’re not.” Derived from the novel My Sister’s Keeper. Jodi encourages us that love sees no imperfections.

122. To love another person is to see the face of God by Victor Hugo

Hugo put this saying in his book Les Miserables. It inclines to religion because religious faiths account that man was created in the image of God. Hence loving humankind counts as to loving God.

123. Pursue a path you can walk with love by Henry David Thoreau

“Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.” It means that with love and respect, you can walk on any path in life.

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124. Friendship is the balm for the pangs of disappointed love by Jane Austen

Austen is one of the celebrated Indonesian romance writers of the 18th century. Her sentiments “Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love” are in her novel Northanger Abbey. The context of the words is meant to emphasize that during heartbreaks, a friend’s advice is handy throughout the healing process.

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124. We must be our own by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“We must be our own before we can be another’s.” It means love starts by loving yourself.

125. Be loved for what you are by Andre Gide

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.” He was a French author. He says that is about being yourself.

126. The beauty of what you love by Rumi

“Let the beauty of what you love to do be what you do.” He was a Persian poet of the 13th century. The quote means that what we love should dictate what we do.

127. Self-neglecting is a sin by William Shakespeare

“Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.” An extract from Shakespeare’s play Henry V. The quote discourages self-neglecting and encourages a bit of self-love.

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128. We can only learn to love by loving-Iris Murdoch

She was an Irish-British novelist. Her view in this quote is that learning to love starts when one is involved in loving.

129. A life lived in love by Leo Buscaglia

“A life lived in love will never be dull.” These are words from the book Love written by American novelist Buscaglia. He points out that a life that includes love is fun.

130. True love stories by Richard Bach

“True love stories never have endings.” The author directs readers to the view that true love keeps going and knows no end.

Let us wrap it with some humor. “Love is being stupid together.” These are words by French poet Paul Valery. What do you make of the quote?