love

"Happiness is part of who we are. Joy is the feeling"

"You know that when I hate you, it is because I love you to a point of passion that unhinges my soul."

"It’s not so much the journey that’s important; as is the way that we treat those we encounter and those around us, along the way"

"Remembering. Forgetting. I'm not sure which is worse."

"Everyone always wants to know how you can tell when it's true love, and the answer is this: when the pain doesn't fade and the scars don't heal, and it's too damned late."

"I want you to want me because you want me, not because of grief, not because he is not here. I want you to love me for me. I want you to kiss me first and not because you need me to help you, but because you need to kiss me."

"Sometimes, you just have to clear your head and get out to see other things. It is very important to be nourished. I love to go to museums and galleries, I like to see theatre, film, dance - anything creative. It doesn't promise you inspiration, but it nourishes your creative soul, and that's good."

"Money is not a motivating factor. Money doesn't thrill me or make me play better because there are benefits to being wealthy. I'm just happy with a ball at my feet. My motivation comes from playing the game I love. If I wasn't paid to be a professional footballer I would willingly play for nothing."

"I love you as certain dark things are loved, secretly, between the shadow and the soul."

"Love is the most selfish of all the passions."

"The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of love and of generosity and of goodness. It illuminates the picture window of the soul, and we look out upon the world's busy life and become more interested in people than in things."

"I want to be in a relationship where you telling me you love me is just a ceremonious validation of what you already show me."

"Being Irish, I always had this love of words."

"When you give everything and expect nothing in return, only then will you be in a position to gain anything. When you love loving, you give because giving is getting. Giving is a gift unto itself, and when you realize this you understand that you can’t network if you can’t love."

"Love those you hate you."

"What force is more potent than love?"

"I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a loner."

"I’ve become skeptical of the unwritten rule that just because a boy and girl appear in the same feature, a romance must ensue. Rather, I want to portray a slightly different relationship, one where the two mutually inspire each other to live - if I’m able to, then perhaps I’ll be closer to portraying a true expression of love."

"Her heart was a secret garden and the walls were very high."

"But when I do feel all the strength go out of me, and I fall to my knees beside the table and I think I cry, then, or at least I want to, and everything inside me screams for just one more kiss, one more word, one more glance, one more."