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1

I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.

Marilyn Monroe

selfish, impatient, insecure, mistakes, marriage, relationships, worth

2

You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.

William W. Purkey

dance, love, hurt, sing, listen, heaven, inspirational, life

3

You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.

Dr. Seuss

love, sleep, reality, dreams, aspiration

4

A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.

Elbert Hubbard

friend, friendship, knowledge, love

5

Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

darkness, light, hate, love, inspirational, peace

6

We accept the love we think we deserve.

Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

acceptance, deserve, love, inspiration

7

You open your heart knowing that there’s a chance it may be broken one day and in opening your heart, you experience a love and joy that you never dreamed possible. You find that being vulnerable is the only way to allow your heart to feel true pleasure that’s so real it scares you. You find strength in knowing you have a true friend and possibly a soul mate who will remain loyal to the end. Life seems completely different, exciting and worthwhile. Your only hope and security is in knowing that they are a part of your life.

Bob Marley

open, heart, knowing, broken, experience, love, joy, vulnerable, pleasure, real

8

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

André Gide, Autumn Leaves

hate, love, life, real, strength

9

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

John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

love, relationship, sleep

10

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.

The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference.

The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference.

And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.

Elie Wiesel (1928–2016), U.S. News and World Report 27 October 1986

apathy, hate, indifference, life, love, opposite

11

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.

Friedrich Nietzsche

friendship, love, marriage, unhappy

12

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.

Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets

love, knowing, intimate, poetry

13

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well

love, trust, wrong

15

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Lao Tzu

courage, deep, love, strength

16

This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too. And baby, I hate to say it, most of them - actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can't give up because if you give up, you'll never find your soulmate. You'll never find that half who makes you whole and that goes for everything. Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.

Marilyn Monroe

life, friends, heartbreak, inspirational, strengh, love, sisters, smile

17

There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.

Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever

time, place, love, flash, heart

18

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

Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land

love, happiness, person

20

You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She's not perfect—you aren't either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break—her heart. So don't hurt her, don't change her, don't analyze and don't expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she's not there.

Bob Marley

love, perfection, couple, together, human, heart, break

21

I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough.

Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

special, common, man, love, life, forgotten, heart, soul, enough

22

"I'm in love with you," he said quietly. "Augustus," I said. "I am," he said. He was staring at me, and I could see the corners of his eyes crinkling. "I'm in love with you, and I'm not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things. I'm in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable, and that we're all doomed and that there will come a day when all our labor has been returned to dust, and I know the sun will swallow the only earth we'll ever have, and I am in love with you."

John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

love, inevitable, truth, oblivion, void, pleasure, simple, dust, stars

23

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.

William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream

love

24

Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it.

Nicholas Sparks, A Walk to Remember

love, simile

25

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, Eat, Pray, Love

love

26

If you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything.

Marilyn Monroe

attributed-no-source, girls, love

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He is sure to be more happy who has eaten well and slept well and has besides a little money in his jeans. Such men are rare to find for the simple reason that most men are incapable of appreciating the wisdom of such a simple truth. The worker thinks he would be better off if he were running the factory
the owner of the factory thinks the would be better off if he were a financier
and the financier knows he would be better off if he were clean out of the bloody mess and living the simple life.

Henry Miller, Stand Still Like the Hummingbird

happiness, money, work

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