“But no matter how mad I’ve been, I never for one second stopped wanting you here with me.”— Colleen Hoover, amazon.com
“I’m afraid to love you. I’m afraid that you’ll leave and that I’ll go back to being alone again. Only it will be a hundred times worse because I’ll know what I’m missing. …I want to be able to love you more than I fear losing you, and I don’t know how. Teach me… Please teach me. Don’t let me destroy…”— Mia Sheridan, amazon.com
“A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someone else.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“I thought I wouldn’t live through it. But you do. You learn to love the place somebody leaves behind for you.”— Barbara Kingsolver, amazon.com
“You love people. They disappoint you. But sometimes, they don’t. They just keep loving you, right through it all, waiting for you to wake up and appreciate them. To say, ‘I love you. I’ve always loved you back.’”— Courtney Maum, amazon.com
“Selfishness is the opposite of love. Selfish people seek to impose their will on others. What is important to them is ‘getting my way.’ Lovers, on the other hand, seek to do those things that are most helpful for their spouses.”— Gary D. Chapman, amazon.com