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126 Best Love Quotes to Let Them Know How You Feel

Short, romantic phrases and sayings to share with your significant other.

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Expressing your love verbally may come more naturally to some. But if this isn't you, let our list of love quotes help you find the best way to put your feelings into words.

Many of these phrases and statements have been taken from romantic films, novels, love songs and from the words of poets and philosophers. Several can also serve as inspiration for your very own love poem or as a sentimental message to include in a “just thinking of you” card.

No matter how you choose to express how much your loved one means to you, make sure you don't forget to practice self-love first.

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The White Company

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You are my heart, my life, my one and only thought.

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Jamie McGuire, Beautiful Disaster

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I belong to my beloved, and my beloved is mine.

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Henry David Thoreau

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There is no remedy for love but to love more.

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Atticus

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Love her but leave her wild.

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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I can’t see anything I don’t like about you.

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Unknown

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Thinking of you keeps me awake. Dreaming of you keeps me asleep. Being with you keeps me alive.

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Helen Keller

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What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.

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Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness

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Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.

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Elaine Davis

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Loved you yesterday, love you still, always have, always will.

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Bell Hooks, All About Love: New Visions

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To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.

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1 Corinthians 13:4-7

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Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people’s sins, but delights in the truth. It is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes.

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Buddha

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You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

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James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time

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Love takes off the masks we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.

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Quincy, Love and Basketball

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All’s fair in love and basketball.

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Edgar Allen Poe

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We loved with a love that was more than love.

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Loretta Young

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Love isn’t something you find. Love is something that finds you.

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Justice, Poetic Justice

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Love is a juice with many tastes. Some bitter, others sweet. A wine which has few vineyards.

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bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions

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The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.

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Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

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One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.

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Saint Ignatius

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Love is shown more in deeds than in words.

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Cameron (she/her) is a staff writer for Good Housekeeping, where she covers everything from holidays to food. She is a graduate of Syracuse University, where she received a B.A. in magazine journalism. In her spare-time she can be found scrolling TikTok for the latest cleaning hacks and restaurant openings, binge-watching seasons of Project Runway or online shopping.

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