Love Quotes

"Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within." ~ James Baldwin

"The opposite of love is not to hate but to separate. If love and hate have something in common it is because, in both cases, their energy is that of bringing and holding together—the lover with the loved, the one who hates with the hated. Both passions are tested by separation." ~ John Berger

"The more familiar two people become, the more the language they speak together departs from that of the ordinary, dictionary-defined discourse. Familiarity creates a new language, an in-house language of intimacy that carries reference to the story the two lovers are weaving together and that cannot be readily understood by others." ~ Alain de Botton

"The best proof of love is trust." ~ Joyce Brothers

"Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye." ~ H. Jackson Brown

"Perfect love is rare indeed - for to be a lover will require that you continually have the subtlety of the very wise, the flexibility of the child, the sensitivity of the artist, the understanding of the philosopher, the acceptance of the saint, the tolerance of the scholar and the fortitude of the certain." ~ Leo Buscaglia

"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

"We are shaped and fashioned by what [whom] we love." ~ Johann von Goethe

What is your favorite love quote?