Love…
…is easily seen, or the lack of it noticed, by anyone who watches a couple interact. Oblivious of anyone looking a couple shows them self truly to the other and to anyone who observes them from nearby.
English playwright and novelist William Somerset Maugham
We are not the same persons
this year as last;
nor are those we love.
It is a happy chance if we,
changing,
continue to love
a changed person.
Love…
…from a simple view is nothing in particular, but everything in general. It is a delicate spice that flavors every part of living: sadness or happiness, joy or grief, pleasure or pain, delight or fear. Love makes the good better and the bad easier to bear.
Indonesian College Student Angel Flonis Harefa
There will always
be a reason
why you meet people.
Either you need them
to change your life
or you’re the one
that will
change theirs.
Love…
…is said loudly in your quiet words: I was awakened early with the thunder and lightning and smiling, not because it probably woke you up, but smiling because I imagined we were both lying still, listening…
English writer Mary Anne Evans – pen name George Eliot
Blessed
is the
influence
of one true,
loving
human
soul
on
another.
Love…
…is an eagerly awaited sight of you when we’ve been apart a day or two. It’s the anticipation of a hug when it is delayed by where we are or who we are with. It’s the relaxed and unhurried temporary goodbyes we say.
Taken from “Breathless” by “Rod” from Ontario, Canada
The way
you laugh,
And the way
you cry,
It fills me up
so deep inside.
The way you smile,
The way you care,
It fills me
up everywhere.
Love…
…is many things: the invitations you give me even when I can’t accept; the caring thoughts you write that seem to come when I need them most; the sweetness felt when we hug; and gratitude for your kindness I feel but can’t fully express.
From “Beautiful Dreamer” by Stephen Foster
Beautiful dreamer,
wake unto me,
Starlight
and
dewdrops
are waiting for thee;
Sounds
of the rude world
heard in the day,
Lull’d by the moonlight
have all pass’d a way!
Love…
… can make doing “nothing” a most enjoyable experience. Time does not have to be “used” to be good and wasting it together is not squandering. It is great richness that comes for free!
From “The Notebook” By Nicholas Sparks
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…
Love…
…IS a glance that freezes our gaze momentarily on one other; a sentence unfinished but completely understood by both; a quick kiss that resonates long after; the warmth of a hug that cools slowly. Such things find their meaning between two hearts enlivened.
From XVII of “100 Love Sonnets” by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda
I do not love you
as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,
or the arrow of carnations
the fire shoots off.
I love you without knowing how,
or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly,
without complexities or pride.
Love…
…is a touch of your hand on mine, a smile on your face when our eyes make contact, standing close and feeling you near and so many little things that would not matter if we did not feel about each other as we do.
From “Ageless Body, Timeless Mind” by Deepak Chopra
Love
is considered
the most basic emotion
that human awareness can feel;
therefore,
it is the closest
to the source of life.
I love…
…that when I wake up in the morning a thought of you finds me soon after. Mentally I say “good morning” every time with hope the day is kind to you.
Contemporary Slovenian poet and artist Jaka Zeleznikar
It’s so easy,
To think about Love,
To Talk about Love,
To wish for Love,
But it’s not always easy,
To recognize Love,
Even when we hold it
In our hands.”
I love…
…how patient you are with me when I get off on tangents and just talk and talk. Thank you for your indulgence and the caring heart that has tolerance for some of my not so good traits.
Quoted frequently but written by an author unknown
You’ve got to take
The good with the bad,
Smile with the sad,
Love what you’ve got,
And remember what you had.
Always forgive,
But never forget.
Learn from mistakes,
But never regret.
Love Letter Daily 