“I loved but now I run away, I lived but now I see the day as just another desperate way to change the way I'm living today.”— Tyler Joseph, youtube.com
“Why is it that we all need to be loved, but then when somebody finally says, I love you, people just run scared?”— Brian Buckner, Amy Burley, Lizzy Caplan, imdb.com
“Virtually all of us have benefited from our mother’s affection at the start of our lives. When someone is on their deathbed, if he or she is surrounded by loved ones they can pass away peacefully. From birth to death we all need affection.”— Dalai Lama, twitter.com
“You should feel grateful and happy that you're healthy, you're alive, and that you are loved. Whatever weight you are, whatever situation you're in, whether you have a breakout, whatever it is—you are loved.”— Ariana Grande, allure.com
“Teach your children not only how to love but how to be loved.”— Michelle K., michellekpoems.tumblr.com
“The best portion of your life will be the small, nameless moments you spend smiling with someone who matters to you.”— Ritu Ghatourey, goodreads.com
“Lately I’ve been thinking about who I want to love, and how I want to love, and why I want to love the way I want to love, and what I need to learn to love that way, and who I need to become to become the kind of love I want to be…….and when I break it all down, when I whittle it into a single breat…”— Andrea Gibson, wordsfortheyear.com
“What was it like to love him? Asked Gratitude. It was like being exhumed, I answered, and brought to life in a flash of brilliance. What was it like to be loved in return? Asked Joy. It was like being seen after a perpetual darkness, I replied. To be heard after a lifetime of silence. What was it li…”— Lang Leav, amazon.com
“I’m in love with you because you make me feel safe. It sounds corny and vague. People always talk about feeling safe with someone and you wonder what it even means. I still don’t really know. All I know is that when I’m with you, I feel like I’m clutching a giant thing of pepper spray or reliving a…”— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com
“I know that’s weird, but that’s what you love about me. You love how much I love you. Because yes. I love you way too much. More than anyone deserves to be loved. But I can’t help it. You make normal love hard. You make me psycho-love you.”— Colleen Hoover, Tarryn Fisher, amazon.com
“You remember your first love because they show you, prove to you, that you can love and be loved, that nothing in this world is deserved except for love, that love is both how and you become a person and why.”— John Green, amazon.com
“I want to be first. I know that's selfish, and maybe unattainable, and maybe shallow. But I just want to come first with someone. If that's wrong of me, so be it. I'll be wrong. But that's the way I feel.”— Charlaine Harris, amazon.com
“The desire to be loved is the last illusion: Give it up and you will be free.”— Margaret Atwood, amazon.com
“Maybe, sometimes, it’s easier to be mad at the people you trust because you know they’ll always love you, no matter what.”— Ann Brashares, amazon.com
“It's a summer day, and I want to be wanted more than anything else in the world.”— Frank O'Hara, amazon.com