"Sometimes our flame goes out, but is
blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being."
— Albert Schweitzer

"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be."
— Douglas Adams

"Death ends a life, not a relationship."
— Mitch Albom

"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
— Marilyn Monroe

"Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own."
— Robert A. Heinlein (Stranger in a Strange Land)

"I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love."
— Mother Teresa

"Living simply makes loving simple."
— bell hooks

"When I say it's you I like, I'm talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part of you that allows you to stand for those things without which humankind cannot survive. Love that conquers hate, peace that rises triumphant over war, and justice that proves more powerful than greed."
— Fred Rogers

"Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby- awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess."
— Lemony Snicket (Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid)

"For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul."
— Judy Garland

"The only wrong thing would be to deny what your heart truly feels "
— (From the Movie the Mask of Zorro)

"Experience shows us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking together in the same direction."
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

"Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction."
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

"I don't know what I've gained from loving you, but the need for anyone else is what I've lost."
— Roo McKuen

"I love you because no two snowflakes are alike, and it is possible, if you stand tippy-toe, to walk between the raindrops. "
— Nikki Giovanni

"You are my best friend as well as my lover, and I do not know which side of you I enjoy the most. I treasure each side, just as I have treasured our life together."
— Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook)

"Without you in my arms, I feel an emptiness in my soul. I find myself searching the crowds for your face - I know it's an impossibility, but I cannot help myself."
— Nicholas Sparks (Message in a Bottle)

"You know, some people say life is short and that you could get hit by a bus at any moment and that you have to live each day like it's your last. Bullshit. Life is long. You're probably not gonna get hit by a bus. And you're gonna have to live with the choices you make for the next fifty years."
— Chris Rock

"It's a very brave thing to fall in love. You have to be willing to trust somebody else with your whole being, and that's very difficult, really difficult and very brave."
— Nicole Kidman

"I have a history of making decisions very quickly about men. I have always fallen in love fast and without measuring risks. I have a tendency not only to see the best in everyone, but to assume that everyone is emotionally capable of reaching his highest potential. I have fallen in love more times than I care to count with the highest potential of a man, rather than with the man himself, and I have hung on to the relationship for a long time (sometimes far too long) waiting for the man to ascend to his own greatness. Many times in romance I have been a victim of my own optimism."
— Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia)

"Sometimes your afraid to let go of someone because you can't imagine him being with someone else. And yes, it sounds selfish, but thats how our minds work. What's the point of looking for someone new when you know hes everything to you. You know what I want? To be able to wake up and tell myself, "Hey I'm okay. I'll be alright." Being in love isn't what makes me smile, It's who I'm in love with that does. I know exactly how that is. To love somebody who doesn't deserve it. Because they're all you have, because some attention is better than no attention at all. You make me sick. I want you and I'm hating it. One smile from him makes my five am wake up, cold shower, nothing to wear, no hairspray left, missed the bus, late for class whole day worth while. And there she goes again with her head in the clouds, ignoring the drama and chasing her dreams because to her reality is a stranger.
"
— ???unknown??

"I heard what you said. I’m not the silly romantic you think. I don’t want the heavens or the shooting stars. I don’t want gemstones or gold. I have those things already. I want…a steady hand. A kind soul. I want to fall asleep, and wake, knowing my heart is safe. I want to love, and be loved."
— Shana Abé

"My body needs laughter as much as it needs tears. Both are cleansers of stress.

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— Mahogany SilverRain (EBONY ENCOUNTERS: A Trilogy of Erotic Tales)

"My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them."
— Jack Kerouac

"I wish I had a fairy godmother so I could whack her upside the head, steal her magical wand and make all my wishes come true!!!"
— Laura

"Too often we lose sight of life's simple pleasures. Remember, when someone annoys you, it takes 42 muscles in your face to frown. It only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and bitch-slap that mother@#?!&* upside the head. "
— Solijah

"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."
— Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn: Her Life in Her Own Words)

"I am burdened with what the Buddhists call the 'monkey mind' -- the thoughts that swing from limb to limb, stopping only to scratch themselves, spit and howl."
— Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia)

"In trying to avoid one sin I've committed another."
— A.J. Jacobs (The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible As Literally As Possible)

"Common sense is not so common."
— Voltaire

"No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible."
— Voltaire

"To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered."
— Voltaire

"May your heart always be joyful. May your song always be sung."
— Bob Dylan

"People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent."
— Bob Dylan

"Gotta head full of ideas that are driving me insane..."
— Bob Dylan

""May you grow up to be righteous, may you grow up to be true. May you always know the truth and see the lights surrounding you. May you always be courageous, stand upright and be strong. May you stay forever young.""
— Bob Dylan

"Each of us is full of shit in our own special way. We are all shitty little snowflakes dancing in the universe."
— Lewis Black (Me of Little Faith)