Quotes about "Love & Romance"

In the early days of love sometimes, you will report an ecstatic feeling you have met someone who seems to understand you without you needing to speak. ”

I think a certain degree of pessimism is actually helpful to love. ”

Many of our ideas of what love is comes from stories... these are extremely powerful shapers of our attitudes towards love, and I think that, in some ways, often we've got the wrong story. ”

Love is something that we need to learn. ”

The thing is that love gives us a ringside seat on somebody else's flaws, so of course you're gonna spot some things that kinda need to be mentioned. But often the romantic view is to say, 'If you loved me, you wouldn't criticise me.' Actually, true love is often about trying to teach someone how to be the best version of themselves. ”

We don't sulk with everybody. We limit our sulks to a very particular person: the person who's supposed to love us and understand us. And we make this equation that if you love me, you're supposed to understand me even if I don't explain what's wrong. ”

What is fascinating about marriage is why anyone wants to get married. ”

I'm also interested in the modern suggestion that you can have a combination of love and sex in a marriage - which no previous society has ever believed. ”

Often we think love is a feeling: that you spontaneously experience it. ”

We are properly ready for marriage when we are strong enough to embrace a life of frustration. ”