No Matter How Painful

Love…
…remains deep and true. For you I would give up my future and even my life without hesitation. Through your illness I will stand by you, be with you and hold you. Nothing can take me away from you… NOTHING.

From “Dear John” by American novelist Nicholas Sparks.

through it allI finally
understood
what true
love meant.
…love meant that
you care for
another person’s
happiness more
than your own,
no matter how
painful
the choices
you face
might be.

Stand Straighter

Love…
…has remade me. I am changed. See my smile? It was never this large before. See my eyes? The sparkle wasn’t there previously. I stand straighter and walk with more confidence. I am not a different person, but a far better version.

Composer Ludwig van Beethoven to his Immortal Beloved
lover-s-kiss-2474Oh,
continue
to love me,
never
misjudge
the most
faithful
heart
of your
beloved.
ever
thine,
ever
mine,
ever
ours.

The Common State

Love…
…takes two. No matter how deeply one person feels about another, it is for naught unless the sentiments are returned. Unrequited love is the common state that in comparison makes mutual and true love so valuable.

American story-teller and author Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
270b49ceditLove seems
the swiftest,
but it is
the slowest
of all growths.
No man or
woman really
knows what
perfect love is
until they have
been married
a quarter
of a century.

Filled With Feelings

Love…
…only exists in the present. What is behind is only a memory of what the contents of the heart were then. Love promised in the future at best is only a promise we hope to keep. “I love you” means “now”, at this instant, I am filled with feelings for you.

From the novel “Impulse” by American writer and poet Ellen Hopkins
heart-photo-by-CarbonNYCForever
has
no
meaning
when
you’re
living
in
the
moment.

My Rainbow

Love…
…keeps you close in mind and heart. Although I can no longer reach out and touch you, I feel you close by. As long as I live your life will continue. Long ago I ceased to be able to have any boundary between who I was and am now because of you.

From “Before You Go…” book series by Canadian writer Vensa Bailey
misty rainbow…you
are my
rainbow
to keep.
My eyes
will always
be watching
you;
never
will I
lose
sight
of you.

Life After Life

Love…
…for you felt familiar from moment I began to fall for you. It didn’t feel like a new spark, but rather a dormant one I had been carrying my whole life. A sleeping ember was only waiting for me to meet you so it could be awakened to set fire in my heart.

First non-European to win Literature Nobel Prize Rabindranath Tagore

690x380-Romance-KissingI seem to have
loved you in
numberless
forms,
numberless
times,
in life after
life, in age
after age
forever.

Indelibly Stamped

Love…
…was “sugar” to my Grandmother when she was kissed on the cheek. Her smile when one of us kids “gave her some sugar” is indelibly stamped upon my heart. I feel like she must have when you kiss me on my forehead.

From the novel “I Say Who, What and Where!” by Merce Cardus
5-benefits-of-kissingcNo matter
where we
come from,
a little
sugar
is what
everybody
demands in life,
what everybody
needs in life.
It’s perhaps the
main ingredient
that keeps
us alive.

Like A Never Dry Spring

Love…
…we share inspires me to be the best I can be; for you, for our family and for me. With you by my side I have become more than I thought possible. Like a never dry spring your love flows to me constantly.

Russian writer of novels, short stories, plays and essays Leo Tolstoy
Cold water in the handSeize
the moments
of happiness,
love
and
be loved!
That
is the
only
reality
in the
world,
all else
is folly.

I Day Dream of You

Love…
…oh, my love of long ago, please don’t select your words cautiously or second guess sharing your feelings. You are there. I am here. That’s where life placed us. Our real and true selves are the only gifts we have to give one another.

From a poem titled “Daydream” by Cassie McNair
DaydreamDust-slider-700x466EDITWhenever I day dream,
and day dream I do,
in my secret garden,
I day dream of you.
I day dream of you,
in a faraway land;
embracing me tight
and holding my hand.
Holding my hand,
and touching my face.
Just you and me,
in this peaceful place.

Without a Need to Understand

Love…
…is fascinating but simple; priceless yet free. Two lovers paint unique emotional landscapes onto each others lives that no one but the two can see. Their love is a certain knowing without a need to understand.

From “The Magic Of Love” by Helen Steiner Rice
Couple-togetherLove is unselfish,
Understanding and kind,
For it sees with its heart
And not with its mind!
Love is the answer
That everyone seeks…
Love is the language,
That every heart speaks.
Love can’t be bought,
It is priceless and free,
Love, like pure magic,
Is life’s sweet mystery!!