“To be loved for what one is, that is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him; their own selves, their version of him.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“To be loved for what one is, that is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him; their own selves, their version of him.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“You don’t have to say I love you to say I love you.”
– Jodi Picoult, Handle with Care
“Often we withhold our affections, waiting first for love to be extended to us. The irony is that we are loved for loving.”
– Richelle E. Goodrich
“If someone loves you, he’ll wait for you to love him back.”
– Beth Revis, Shades of Earth
“Self love is the only way to a high quality love life. The quality of men and love relationships you have experienced is a direct result of the degree of love you have for yourself. Once you do the inner work to love yourself completely, you will have a wonderful and fulfilling love life beyond your dreams.”
– Janet Ong Zimmerman
“I want to be wooed. I want to be courted. I want to be seduced. I want the magical tension that is there at the start of a relationship.”
– Andrew Critchley, Dublin in the Rain