1. Diana Peterfreund on Love as our Home
No matter where I went, I always knew my way back to you. You are my compass star. ~ Diana Peterfreund
People say home is where the heart is, and maybe they’re right. Home is where we feel safe and loved and comfortable, no matter where that place is physically. Having that special someone in our lives, it ensures we’re always home. No matter where we go and how long we spend wandering through this world, finding our way back to love, back to home is always the easiest part. Not every day will be like this, but when in love, every day it gets easier to come home.
2. Nicholas Sparks on What Love Is
You are every reason, every hope and every dream I’ve ever had. ~ Nicholas Sparks
One day, we’re unsure of so many things and we don’t like how it feels… the next, we may still be unsure of many things but for some reason, we’re confident we’re living our lives just fine, and we’re strongly working our way through uncertainly. This is unarguably one of the best ways to describe love. In a snap, everything that used to not make sense would make sense. And every uncertainty won’t feel so bad anymore, and living would be more beautiful.
3. Bill Wilson on Being Someone’s World
To the world, you may be one person, but to one person you are the world. ~ Bill Wilson
Knowing that someone you love dearly also loves you just as much is one thing. Knowing that someone is so perfect he might as well be your world is another. See, it’s normal for us to feel so small sometimes. This world can be so heavy and grand and there will be days when we just can’t carry the weight. So on those days, it’s good to be reminded that someone out there sees us as their world. And that thought is enough to carry us through the day.
4. F. Scott Fitzgerald on The Beginning and End of Things
I love you and that’s the beginning and end of everything. ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
There will always be that someone who is so special we seem them through darkness and light. Their beauty just glows and that’s not something we can’t find on everybody. And more often than not, when this person becomes part of our life, we know they are worthy of our love. And we know that this person is the beginning and end of all our journey. He is going to be the reason why our mornings begin and why our evenings end and why both beginnings and endings are so beautiful.
5. A. A. Milne on Living with Love
If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you. ~ A.A. Milne
It’s quite impossible to know how many years we have left in this universe, but love makes us wish for many things, like forever. Living a life without our loved one can be painful and hard. So most of us don’t want to be the last one to live. But if ever it happens, we should remember that life is not about being with someone we love physically. It about knowing that even when one has already departed, he is still with us.
6. Valerie Lombardo on Wants and Dreams
To be your friend was all I ever wanted; to be your lover was all I ever dreamed. ~ Valerie Lombardo
We can love as many people as we want, but there will be that someone who we know we love in a special way. There will come a time when we’ll meet a person who is worthy of every bit of love we have to offer. And we know that being this person’s love and lover is an experience as magical as dreams – so good we don’t want it to end. And the next thing we know, we found forever.
7. Bill Russell on Love as Everything
To love someone is nothing, to be loved by someone is something, but to be loved by the one you love is everything. ~ Bill Russell
Love has an infinity of definitions, and maybe there’s also an infinity kinds of love. Bill Russell is on point with this. Being in love is one thing and being loved is just another. But loving someone who loves you as well is everything. It may not be as easy as movies show us, but it surely is a great experience we all want to last long. So if you’re in this state of love, cherish it.
8. Herman Hesse on Knowing What Love Is
If I know what love is, it is because of you. ~ Herman Hesse
Putting into words what love is and how it affects us is just impossible. There’s not enough words for this. But there is enough people in this world to make us all feel loved at some point in our lives. There will always be that one person who makes our lives better and who will teach us the good and the bad of this world. And when you meet this person, don’t hesitate to let him know he taught you love.