Love Quotes

"For you see, each day I love you more. Today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow." — Rosemonde Gerard
As quoted in Respectfully quoted: a dictionary of quotations (1989) "The original French reads, ""Car, vois-tu, chaque jour je t’aime davantage, Aujourd’hui plus qu’hier et bien moins que demain,"" and is from a poem titled, ""The Eternal Song"" (""L'éternelle chanson""). The quote became popular after a jeweler began inscribing the verse on to medallions. Add Category or Author

"You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams." — Dr. Seuss
Widely attributed to Dr. Seuss (Real name of Theodor Seuss Geisel). Add Category or Author

"Love is the irresistible desire to be desired irresistibly." — Robert Frost
Robert Frost Society, Volumes 1991-1993 (page 143) Although often attributed to Mark Twain or "love doctor" Leo Buscaglia, this quote actually spoken by Robert Frost to Sidney Cox, on a walk in 1911. Add Category or Author

"She walks in Beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies,
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies." — Lord Byron
Hebrew Melodies (1815) Byron was notorious for his varied tastes in both women and men. This poem was written about one Mrs. R. Wilmot. (Berry Memoirs, vol. iii. p. 7), about whom little is known. This was not the only poem directed at a woman who Byron did not revisit in later work. Regardless, one cannot discount the simplicity and subsequent beauty of the poem. Add Category or Author

"I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out." — Roy Croft
The poem this is attributed to, by Roy Croft, is nearly identical to a German-language poem by Eric Fried titled "Ich liebe dich" ("I Love You"). Little is known about either poem, so it is difficult to say if Croft actually wrote this poem or if he translated Fried's poem and ended up with the credit. Often the quote is attributed to "Anonymous" or Elizabeth Browning, as well. Add Category or Author

"Grow old along with me!
The best is yet to be." — Robert Browning
Dramatis Personae "Rabbi Ben Ezra" (1864) This poem was written about 12th century Abraham ibn Ezra, a sort of "Renaissance man" before there was a Renaissance. The poem is an explanation of the ideas Ezra espoused in his life. Add Category or Author

"If you would be loved, love and be lovable." — Benjamin Franklin
As quoted in A Dictionary of American proverbs (1992), pg. 662 Originally written in Franklin's yearly foray into proverbs, in a work he titled "Poor Richard's Almanack." The Almanack itself was famous for weather forecasts, bits of wisdom, and wordplay. Add Category or Author

"Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul." — Saint Augustine
As quoted in The Little Book of Bathroom Philosophy : Daily Wisdom from the Greatest Thinkers (2004) pg. 50 The original, full quote reads "Quantum in te crescit amor, tantum crescit pulchritudo; quia ipsa charitas est animae pulchritudo," and was fully translated as "Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul." Here Augstine points out the inherent beauty that takes root within us when we love. Add Category or Author

"Come live with me, and be my love,
And we will some new pleasures prove
Of golden sands, and crystal brooks,
With silken lines, and silver hooks." — John Donne
The Bait stanza 1 These lines are from a metaphysical poem, wherein men are fishers, and the fish are the women. The men hope to catch the women with "the bait" which is also the title of the poem. Add Category or Author

"Harmony is pure love, for love is a concerto." — Lope Vega
As quoted in Love by the Numbers: How to Find Great Love Or Reignite the Love You Have Through the Power of Numerology (2009) pg. 277 This quote is attributed to the Spanish playwright Lope de Vega, but no further contextual information is available. Add Category or Author

"We were given: Two hands to hold. Two legs to walk. Two eyes to see. Two ears to listen. But why only one heart? Because the other was given to someone else for us to find." — Author Unknown
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"True love stories never have endings." — Richard Bach
This was reportedly stated by Bach, a best-selling author. After his marriage ended, he also reportedly stated, "[My wife] and I are no longer married. Soul mates, to me, don't define themselves by legal marriage." Add Category or Author

"Love is friendship set on fire." — Jeremy Taylor
As quoted in The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare's Poetry (2010) pg. 88 No context is available for this quote beyond the fact that Taylor wrote frequently on the subject of love and God. Add Category or Author

"Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out." — Frank Clark
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"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love." — Sophocles
As quoted in Civilization's quotations: life's ideal (2002) pg. 49 No contextual information is available, beyond the fact that this quote is attributed to the tragic Greek playwright Sophocles. Add Category or Author

"The most eloquent silence; that of two mouths meeting in a kiss." — Author Unknown
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"In my wildest dreams, you always play the hero. In my darkest hour of night, you rescue me, you save my life" — Author Unknown
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"The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable." — Victor Hugo
As quoted in Edge-tools of speech (1899) pg. 495 Widely attributed to famous playwright Victor Hugo. Add Category or Author

"Like music on the waters is they sweet voice to me." — Lord Byron
Stanzas for Music, st. 1 (1816). Byron wrote this in a poem, ostensibly to be set to music. The entire poem is loaded with innuendo, and is addressed specifically to the person with whom the speaker is attracted to. Add Category or Author

"Love distills desire upon the eyes, love brings bewitching grace into the heart." — Euripides
Hippolytus lines 525-529 This quote is spoken of by the Chorus of the play, which here was made up of married women. They are here speaking of the sometimes overwhelming power of love. The lines continue, "...of those he would destroy. I pray that love may never come to me with murderous intent." While shocking, the quote displays how much power love has over us. Add Category or Author

"The great events of life often leave one unmoved; they pass out of consciousness, and, when one thinks of them, become unreal. Even the scarlet flowers of passion seem to grow in the same meadow as the poppies of oblivion." — Oscar Wilde
As quoted in The Riddle of Shakespeare's Sonnets: The Text of the Sonnets (1962) pg. 186 Written in a story by Wilde titled, "The Portrait of Mr. W.H." in 1889. The text contains quite a bit of reference and quotation to Shakespeare's sonnets. Add Category or Author