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30 Quotes That Will Make You Rethink What “love” Means By Brianna West by Nobody: 6:03pm On Nov 12, 2014
“That’s when I finally got it.
I finally understood. It
wasn’t the thought that
counted. It was the actual
execution that mattered,
the showing up for
somebody. The intent
behind it wasn’t enough.
Not for me. Not anymore. It
wasn’t enough to know
that deep down, he loved
me. You had to actually say
it to somebody, show them
you cared. And he just
didn’t. Not enough.”
― Jenny Han


“Most men claim to desire
driven, independent and
confident women. Yet when
confronted with such a
creature reverence often
evolves into resent. For just
like women, men need to
be needed.” ―Tiffany
Madison

“It is not a lack of love, but
a lack of friendship that
makes unhappy marriages.”
―Friedrich Nietzsche

“People think a soul mate is
your perfect fit, and that’s
what everyone wants. But a
true soul mate is a mirror,
the person who shows you
everything that is holding
you back, the person who
brings you to your own
attention so you can change
your life. A true soul mate is
probably the most
important person you’ll
ever meet, because they
tear down your walls and
smack you awake. But to
live with a soul mate
forever? Nah. Too painful.
Soul mates, they come into
your life just to reveal
another layer of yourself to
you, and then leave. A soul
mates purpose is to shake
you up, tear apart your ego
a little bit, show you your
obstacles and addictions,
break your heart open so
new light can get in, make
you so desperate and out of
control that you have to
transform your life, then
introduce you to your
spiritual master…”
―Elizabeth Gilbert
Re: 30 Quotes That Will Make You Rethink What “love” Means By Brianna West by Nobody: 6:05pm On Nov 12, 2014
“For many, love is a two-
sided coin. It can strengthen
or stifle, expand or
enfeeble, perfect or
pauperize. When love is
returned, we soar. We are
taken to heights unseen,
where it delights,
invigorates, and beautifies.
When love is spurned, we
feel crippled, disconsolate,
and bereaved. Polish the
coin and you will see only
requited love on both sides.
I was destined to love you
and I will belong to you
forever.” ―Colleen Houck


“Love never dies a natural
death. It dies because we
don’t know how to
replenish its source. It dies
of blindness and errors and
betrayals. It dies of illness
and wounds; it dies of
weariness, of witherings, of
tarnishings.” ―Anaïs Nin


“No relationship is perfect,
ever. There are always
some ways you have to
bend, to compromise, to
give something up in order
to gain something greater…
The love we have for each
other is bigger than these
small differences. And that’s
the key. It’s like a big pie
chart, and the love in a
relationship has to be the
biggest piece. Love can
make up for a lot.” ―Sarah
Dessen

“Love is a fire. But whether
it is going to warm your
hearth or burn down your
house, you can never
tell.” ―Joan Crawford
Re: 30 Quotes That Will Make You Rethink What “love” Means By Brianna West by Nobody: 6:07pm On Nov 12, 2014
“The best love is the kind
that awakens the soul and
makes us reach for more,
that plants a fire in our
hearts and brings peace to
our minds. And that’s what
you’ve given me. That’s
what I’d hoped to give you
forever.” ―Nicholas Sparks

“I heard what you said. I’m
not the silly romantic you
think. I don’t want the
heavens or the shooting
stars. I don’t want
gemstones or gold. I have
those things already. I
want…a steady hand. A kind
soul. I want to fall asleep,
and wake, knowing my
heart is safe. I want to love,
and be loved.” ―Shana Abe

“Sometimes it’s a form of
love just to talk to
somebody that you have
nothing in common with
and still be fascinated by
their presence.” ―David
Byrne


“I no longer believed in the
idea of soul mates, or love
at first sight. But I was
beginning to believe that a
very few times in your life,
if you were lucky, you
might meet someone who
was exactly right for you.
Not because he was perfect,
or because you were, but
because your combined
flaws were arranged in a
way that allowed two
separate beings to hinge
together.” ―Lisa Kleypas

“As he read, I fell in love the
way you fall asleep: slowly,
and then all at once.”
―John Green
Re: 30 Quotes That Will Make You Rethink What “love” Means By Brianna West by Nobody: 6:09pm On Nov 12, 2014
“When love is not madness
it is not love.” ― Pedro
Calderón de la Barca


“Love is a temporary
madness, it erupts like
volcanoes and then
subsides. And when it
subsides, you have to make
a decision. You have to
work out whether your
roots have so entwined
together that it is
inconceivable that you
should ever part. Because
this is what love is. Love is
not breathlessness, it is not
excitement, it is not the
promulgation of promises
of eternal passion, it is not
the desire to mate every
second minute of the day, it
is not lying awake at night
imagining that he is kissing
every cranny of your body.
No, don’t blush, I am telling
you some truths. That is just
being “in love”, which any
fool can do. Love itself is
what is left over when
being in love has burned
away, and this is both an
art and a fortunate
accident.” ―Louis de
Bernières

“Love is not affectionate
feeling, but a steady wish
for the loved person’s
ultimate good as far as it
can be obtained.” ―C.S.
Lewis

“Sometimes love means
letting go when you want
to hold on tighter.”
―Melissa Marr

“The heart has its reasons
which reason knows
not.” ―Blaise Pascal
Re: 30 Quotes That Will Make You Rethink What “love” Means By Brianna West by Nobody: 6:10pm On Nov 12, 2014
“Anyone who falls in love is
searching for the missing
pieces of themselves. So
anyone who’s in love gets
sad when they think of
their lover. It’s like stepping
back inside a room you
have fond memories of, one
you haven’t seen in a long
time.” ―Haruki Murakami


“I do not trust people who
don’t love themselves and
yet tell me, ‘I love you.’
There is an African saying
which is: Be careful when a
naked person offers you a
shirt.” ―Maya Angelou


“For the two of us, home
isn’t a place. It is a person.
And we are finally home.”
―Stephanie Perkins


“Love is a decision, it is a
judgment, it is a promise. If
love were only a feeling,
there would be no basis for
the promise to love each
other forever. A feeling
comes and it may go. How
can I judge that it will stay
forever, when my act does
not involve judgment and
decision.” ―Erich Fromm
Re: 30 Quotes That Will Make You Rethink What “love” Means By Brianna West by Nobody: 6:12pm On Nov 12, 2014
“You think because he
doesn’t love you that you
are worthless. You think
that because he doesn’t
want you anymore that he
is right — that his
judgement and opinion of
you are correct. If he throws
you out, then you are
garbage. You think he
belongs to you because you
want to belong to him.
Don’t. It’s a bad word,
‘belong.’ Especially when
you put it with somebody
you love. Love shouldn’t be
like that. Did you ever see
the way the clouds love a
mountain? They circle all
around it; sometimes you
can’t even see the
mountain for the clouds.
But you know what? You
go up top and what do you
see? His head. The clouds
never cover the head. His
head pokes through,
beacuse the clouds let him;
they don’t wrap him up.
They let him keep his head
up high, free, with nothing
to hide him or bind him.
You can’t own a human
being. You can’t lose what
you don’t own. Suppose
you did own him. Could you
really love somebody who
was absolutely nobody
without you? You really
want somebody like that?
Somebody who falls apart
when you walk out the
door? You don’t, do you?
And neither does he. You’re
turning over your whole life
to him. Your whole life, girl.
And if it means so little to
you that you can just give it
away, hand it to him, then
why should it mean any
more to him? He can’t value
you more than you value
yourself.” ―Toni Morrison


“We’re all seeking that
special person who is right
for us. But if you’ve been
through enough
relationships, you begin to
suspect there’s no right
person, just different flavors
of wrong. Why is this?
Because you yourself are
wrong in some way, and
you seek out partners who
are wrong in some
complementary way. But it
takes a lot of living to grow
fully into your own
wrongness. And it isn’t until
you finally run up against
your deepest demons, your
unsolvable problems—the
ones that make you truly
who you are—that we’re
ready to find a lifelong
mate. Only then do you
finally know what you’re
looking for. You’re looking
for the wrong person. But
not just any wrong person:
the right wrong person—
someone you lovingly gaze
upon and think, this is the
problem I want to have. I
will find that special person
who is wrong for me in just
the right way. Let our scars
fall in love.” ―Galway
Kinnell
Re: 30 Quotes That Will Make You Rethink What “love” Means By Brianna West by Nobody: 6:14pm On Nov 12, 2014
“Anyone who loves in the
expectation of being loved
in return is wasting their
time.” ―Paulo Coelho

“Letting go doesn’t mean
that you don’t care about
someone anymore. It’s just
realizing that the only
person you really have
control over is
yourself.” ―Deborah Reber

“The course of true love
never did run smooth.”
―William Shakespeare

“Perhaps the reason we are
unable to love is that we
yearn to be loved, that is,
we demand something
(love) from our partner
instead of delivering
ourselves up to him
demand-free and asking for
nothing but his
company.” ―Milan Kundera


“For my part, I prefer my
heart to be broken.It is so
lovely, dawn-kaleidoscopic
within the crack.” ―D.H.
Lawrence


“They say a good love is
one that sits you down,
gives you a drink of water,
and pats you on top of the
head. But I say a good love
is one that casts you into
the wind, sets you ablaze,
makes you burn through
the skies and ignite the
night like a phoenix; the
kind that cuts you loose like
a wildfire and you can’t
stop running simply
because you keep on
burning everything that
you touch! I say that’s a
good love; one that burns
and flies, and you run with
it!” ―C. JoyBell C.
Re: 30 Quotes That Will Make You Rethink What “love” Means By Brianna West by MizMyColi(f): 6:20pm On Nov 12, 2014

Hmmm
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Re: 30 Quotes That Will Make You Rethink What “love” Means By Brianna West by mkpakanaodogwu(m): 6:22pm On Nov 12, 2014
True love is too complicted to have one perfect definition.BY ODOGWU
Re: 30 Quotes That Will Make You Rethink What “love” Means By Brianna West by Lordabas: 6:23pm On Nov 12, 2014


Never believe any quote you see on the internet


---Lordabas (2014)
cool
Re: 30 Quotes That Will Make You Rethink What “love” Means By Brianna West by FLAWLES(f): 6:59pm On Nov 12, 2014
wow,buht iffa love guy(deep)aqain mah know watin coz am
Re: 30 Quotes That Will Make You Rethink What “love” Means By Brianna West by Nobody: 7:02pm On Nov 12, 2014
FLAWLES:
wow,buht iffa love guy(deep)aqain mah know watin coz am
i dont get?
Re: 30 Quotes That Will Make You Rethink What “love” Means By Brianna West by FLAWLES(f): 7:11pm On Nov 12, 2014
Peterken05:
i dont get?
.u don't have to get me cuz i wasn't talking to u :p
Re: 30 Quotes That Will Make You Rethink What “love” Means By Brianna West by Nobody: 7:17pm On Nov 12, 2014
FLAWLES:
.u don't have to get me cuz i wasn't talking to u :p
okay, so who are you talking to?
Re: 30 Quotes That Will Make You Rethink What “love” Means By Brianna West by Nobody: 3:27pm On Nov 13, 2014
Peterken05:
okay, so who are you talking to?

She is talking to herself as a mad woman would

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Re: 30 Quotes That Will Make You Rethink What “love” Means By Brianna West by professore(m): 6:09pm On Nov 13, 2014
Some of them are sophisticated

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Re: 30 Quotes That Will Make You Rethink What “love” Means By Brianna West by Nobody: 8:34pm On Nov 19, 2014
Dapo777:


She is talking to herself as a mad woman would
lol

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