Love Quotes: 41 of the Best Quotes About Love for Valentine's Day

Caitlin-Marie Miner Ong

Expressing how you feel is challenging—fortunately, love quotes, love poems, and more can help give you the words you’re unable to find on your own. This year, on any occasion you’re celebrating with your love, whether it’s Valentine’s Day, an anniversary, or something else, consider pairing your romantic confessions with these top quotes about love, drawn from world-famous writers, thinkers, books, plays, and more.

One of the signs of a healthy relationship is saying “I love you” often; if you’re looking for some fresh, different words to express the same sentiment, consider repeating a love quote to your partner or writing one in a card for your anniversary. There’s a lot to be said for those three little words, but changing up how you express your love from time to time can remind you both why you fell in love in the first place. And for non-romantic relationships, there are still plenty of ways to express your gratitude and platonic love for friends and family members.

Our collection of the best quotes about love includes everything from love quotes for him, love quotes for her, funny love quotes, romantic love quotes, inspirational love quotes, and every other type of love quote you can think of. (There are near-endless ways to say “I love you”—who knew?)

Whether you’re the couple to follow all the love rules you know or you prefer a more relaxed, casual love, one of these sayings and messages will speak to you—it might even be the perfect accompaniment to your Valentine’s Day gifts for him or anniversary gifts this year.

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“The supreme happiness of life consists in the conviction that one is loved.”

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– Victor Hugo

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“We accept the love we think we deserve.”

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– Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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“I love you directly without problems or pride: / I love you like this because I don’t know any other way to love…”

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– Pablo Neruda, translated by Mark Eisner, One Hundred Love Sonnets: XVII

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“Personally, I love a great love story.”

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– Meghan Markle

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“I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love.”

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– Marilyn Monroe

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“When one sees something especially wonderful, it’s always nice to have someone to share it with.”

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– Mary Anne Schwalbe

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“When one loves, one does not calculate.”

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– Saint Thérèse of Lisieux

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“One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.”

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– Sophocles

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“When you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not as you would like them to be.”

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– Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

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“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…”

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– Lord Byron, “She Walks in Beauty”

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“But true love is a durable fire / In the mind ever burning; / Never sick, never old, never dead, / From itself never turning.”

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– Sir Walter Ralegh, “Walsinghame”

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“Before you marry a person, you should first make them use a computer with slow Internet service to see who they really are.”

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– Will Ferrell

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“‘Love’ is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.”

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– Robert A. Heinlein

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“Grow old with me! The best is yet to be.”

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– Robert Browning

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“About you there is nothing I wouldn’t want to know / With you nothing is simple yet nothing is simpler…”

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– Peter Gizzi, “Lines Depicting Simple Happiness”

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“What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork.”

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– Pearl Bailey

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“Familiar acts are beautiful through love.”

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– Percy Bysshe Shelley

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“Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.”

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– Nicole Krauss

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“There is a strong wall about me to protect me: / It is built of the words you have said to me…”

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– Mary Carolyn Davies, “Love Song”

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“Love is a great beautifier.”

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– Louisa May Alcott

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“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”

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– John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

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“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, nor touched…but are felt in the heart.”

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– Helen Keller

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“My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep. The more I give thee, the more I have, for both are infinite.”

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– William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

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“Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.”

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– Joan Crawford

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“All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand.”

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– Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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“Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.”

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– Jean Anouilh

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“Love doesn’t grow at a steady rate, but advances in surges, bolts, and wild leaps.”

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– Ian McEwan

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“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. / I love thee to the depth and breadth and height / My soul can reach...”

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– Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “How do I love thee? (Sonnet 43)”

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“Love is a lot like a backache, it doesn’t show up on X-rays, but you know it’s there.”

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– George Burns

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“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.”

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41 Love Quotes to Help You Express How You Really Feel

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“The supreme happiness of life consists in the conviction that one is loved.”

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“We accept the love we think we deserve.”

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“I love you directly without problems or pride: / I love you like this because I don’t know any other way to love…”

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“Personally, I love a great love story.”

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“I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love.”

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“When one sees something especially wonderful, it’s always nice to have someone to share it with.”

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“When one loves, one does not calculate.”

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“One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.”

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“When you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not as you would like them to be.”

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“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…”

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“But true love is a durable fire / In the mind ever burning; / Never sick, never old, never dead, / From itself never turning.”

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“Before you marry a person, you should first make them use a computer with slow Internet service to see who they really are.”

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“‘Love’ is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.”

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“Grow old with me! The best is yet to be.”

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“About you there is nothing I wouldn’t want to know / With you nothing is simple yet nothing is simpler…”

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“What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork.”

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“Familiar acts are beautiful through love.”

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“Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.”

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“There is a strong wall about me to protect me: / It is built of the words you have said to me…”

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“Love is a great beautifier.”

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“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”

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“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, nor touched…but are felt in the heart.”

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“My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep. The more I give thee, the more I have, for both are infinite.”

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“Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.”

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“All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand.”

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“Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.”