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So, I collect quotes… I don’t know exactly how I got started in collecting quotes but it’s something I’ve been doing for about 5 to 6 years… I look for those quotes that reach out to me… words so eloquently put together that it cause me pause for a minute, re-evaluate and grasp the understanding of the what the author is saying...

I have quotes on just about every subject, especially my favorite subject… Love and relationships… I had a ton to choose from… my I managed to narrow it to the shortest list that I could have… Since the quotes were gathered over the last 6 years, they span different asks of love and my varying attitude towards love and relationship…

Enjoy….

Forgiveness does not always lead to a healed relationship. Some people are not capable of love, and it might be wise to let them go along with your anger. Wish them well, and let them go their way. ~Real Live Preacher

What we love to do we find time to do. ~John L. Spalding
[this is one of the truest statements when it comes to love and relationships… if someone loves/likes you, they will find time to be with you… being busy is an unacceptable answer at any point… granted people do get busy, but if they are using that excuse with you ALL the time, then its time to move on… no one is too busy for something they value]

The quality of love and the duration of a relationship are in direct proportion to the depth of the commitment by both people to making the relationship successful. Commit yourself wholeheartedly and unconditionally to the most important people in your life. ~Brian Tracy

There is always something left to love. And if you haven't learned that, you ain't learned nothing. ~Lorraine Hansberry

The best way to love is to love like you have never been hurt ~Anonymous
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness. ~Bertrand Russell

"Love yourself first and everything else will fall in place. After all, if you don't love yourself, than why should you expect others to love you." ~Lucille Ball

A proof that experience is of no use, is that the end of one love does not prevent us from beginning another. ~Paul Bourget
[I agree and disagree with this quote… while my past experiences won’t prevent me from loving again, at least I can learn from my past experiences and not make the same mistakes that I made in previous relationships…]

"When love hurts you, dare to love again." ~Steve Maraboli, from Dare To Be

Just because you love someone doesn’t mean you have to be involved with them. Love is not a bandage to cover wounds. ~Hugh Elliott

The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in. ~Morrie Schwartz

Love the ones you can. Touch the ones you can reach. Let the others go. ~ Real Live Preacher
[I’ve learned this the hard way… I don’t like to burn bridges or end things on a bad note, so I always try to be friends with my exs, but not everyone is capable of that. After continuously trying to be friends with them, I realize that its not going to work and there are those people that I simply had to let go of… ]

One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it unless it has all been suffering, nothing but suffering. ~Jane Austen

If a relationship is to evolve, it must go through a series of endings. ~Lisa Moriyama

Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. . . . It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more. ~ Jong, Erica

I understand all your doubts and fears; Of laying your heart on the lineBut aren't you afraid of just throwing away; A love like yours and mine? ~Leap of Faith

If you want to experience love, you have to take the risk. Love's always worth the risk.
And the trouble is if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
[regardless of all my experiences, I do believe that love is always worth the risk… ]

"When you leave, remember the place where you have left me. If you go back and I'm not there, it doesn't mean I don't love you anymore, I just love you so much that I've left to search for you." ~Anonymous

"..contrary to what the cynics say, distance is not for the fearful, it is for the bold. It's for those who are willing to spend a lot of time alone in exchange for a little time with the one they love. It's for those knowing a good thing when they see it, even if they don’t see it nearly enough..." ~Article in Oprah magazine

"You don't stop loving someone; you only get used to living without them there." ~Anonymous
"Distance between two hearts is not an obstacle; rather a great reminder of just how strong true love can be." ~Anonymous

"Distance never separates two hearts that really care, for our memories span the miles and in seconds we are there. But whenever I start feeling sad, because I miss you, I remind myself how lucky I am to have someone so special to miss." ~Anonymous

The hardest thing about growing up is that you have to do what's best for you even if it means breaking someone's heart. Including your own. ~Anonymous

Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life at this moment, are precisely the ones you need in your life at this moment. There is a hidden meaning behind all events, and this hidden meaning is serving your own evolution.~ Deepak Chopra
[I believe this quote is so true… the relationships that I've had have always tend to teach me something that I needed to learn]

I have loved to the point of madness;
That which is called madness,
That which to me,
Is the only sensible way to love.
~F. Sagan ~

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. ~ by 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 ~

"The one who loves the least, controls the relationship." ~ Robert Newton Anthony

"[On love:] I have no respect for anyone who says they've given up, or that they're not looking or that they're tired. That is to abrogate one's responsibility as a human being."~Harlan Ellison

"When the satisfaction or security of another person becomes as important to one as one's own, then a state of love exists." ~Harry Stack Sullivan

Where once I gave all of me, fearless of the risks and confident of the reciprocity, I now hold a little back… should in case I might need that untouched kernel of self again… someday, to begin to rebuild myself… ~Anonymous
[This quote hit right at home after I broke up with my ex, L… there was no other way to perfectly describe how I approached relationships after L and I broke up]

You can close your eyes to things you dont want to see, but u cant close your heart to things you dont want to feel. ~Anonymous

All you can do is follow your heart, no one can predict the future...~Anonymous
[no one can predict the future.... ever since i found this quote i've lived by it... I follow my heart, that's all i can do... if I don't risk it, then who knows what great love or relationships I may miss out on... things don't always work out as i hope, but the experiences that i've had have been good ones]

Maybe you’re not the man God meant for me to with, but I know that you were sent my way to restore my faith in Love and in men… I had given up on the idea that I could truly love and care for someone so freely and have it reciprocated so much... thank you… thank you for being you and giving me hope againJ… you’ve changed my life in a way that unimaginable… ~Discombobulate Dive
[I wrote this about my ex-boyfriend, L, that live in London… once I was over all of the pain on us breaking up and able to see things in the proper light… although we broke up, we are now the best of friends and after our relationship, I always remembered that he restored my faith in guys… I dunno if I ever told him this or if I ever sent this paragraph to him, but that’s one of the reasons that I cherish him as a friend and I’m so grateful my experience with him…]

feel free to add your favorite love quotes...