There’s a Japanese phrase that I like: koi no yokan. It doesn’t mean love at first sight. It’s closer to love at second sight. It’s the feeling when you meet someone that you’re going to fall in love with them. Maybe you don’t love them right away, but it’s inevitable that you will.

Nicola Yoon, The Sun Is Also a Star

Love didn’t hurt you. Someone who doesn’t know how to love you hurt you. Don’t confuse the two.

Unknown

I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what it’s like to feel absolutely worthless and they don’t want anyone else to feel like that.

Robin Williams (b. 21 July 1951)

You get a strange feeling when you’re about to leave a place. Like you’ll not only miss the people you love but you’ll miss the person you are now at this time and this place because you’ll never be this way ever again.

Azar Nafisi

I do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things, even as greater things crumbled. I could not control the world I was in, could not walk away from things or people or moments that hurt, but I took joy in the things that made me happy.

Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

A healthy relationship is where two independent people just make a deal that they will help the other person be the best version of themselves.

Unknown

Call me in the middle of the night and tell me you can’t sleep without me.

Don't look away. Look straight at everything. Look it all in the eye, good and bad.

Henry Miller

Missing someone isn’t about how long it has been since you’ve seen them or the amount of time since you’ve talked. It’s about that very moment when you find yourself doing something and wishing they were right there by your side.

Maybe love stays. Maybe love can’t. Maybe love shouldn’t. Love arrives exactly when love is supposed to. And love leaves exactly when love must. When love arrives, say, ‘Welcome. Make yourself comfortable.’ If love leaves, ask her to leave the door open behind her. Turn off the music, listen to the quiet. Whisper, ‘Thank you for stopping by.’

Sarah Kay & Phil Kaye

When you are attracted to people, it's because of the details. Their kindness. Their eyes. The fact that they can get you to laugh when you need it the most.

Jodi Picoult, Sing You Home

You need someone that loves your soul more than your body

Unknown

If you make me laugh I’m already 89% in love with you.

Don’t be the reason someone feels insecure. Be the reason someone feels seen, heard and supported.

Cleo Wade

A perfect relationship: two people never giving up on each other.

I wish I wasn’t such a dreamer. I’ve ruined this life for myself.

N.M. Sanchez

I don’t think people understand how stressful it is to explain what’s going on in your head when you don’t even understand it yourself.

Sara Quin

I don’t know a perfect person. I only know flawed people who are still worth loving.

Unknown

Honestly, I don’t need someone who sees the good in me. I need someone who sees the bad in me and still wants me.