love

"How beautiful would it be if we could just see souls instead of bodies? To see love and compassion instead of curves."

"Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship."

"I’ll wear a maze on a necklace, dangling over my chest, because if you want to get at my heart, you have to be ready to lose yourself."

"I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty... you fall half in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are."

"I love you more than I hate everything else."

"Nobody peels a banana before stabbing themselves with it. But that’s exactly how I love—dangerously."

"Thank you...for gracing my life with your lovely presence, for adding the sweet measure of your soul to my existence."

"To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3-parts dead."

"Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly."

"One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving."

"My parents danced together, her head on his chest. Both had their eyes closed. They seemed so perfectly content. If you can find someone like that, someone who you can hold and close your eyes to the world with, then you're lucky. Even if it only lasts for a minute or a day. The image of them gently swaying to the music is how I picture love in my mind even after all these years."

"Only do what your heart tells you."

"Tis better to have loved and lostThan never to have loved at all."

"If someone thinks that peace and love are just a cliche that must have been left behind in the 60s, that's a problem. Peace and love are eternal."

"When I asked my da how ye knew which was the right woman, he told me when the time came, I'd have no doubt. And I didn't. When I woke in the dark under that tree on the road to Leoch, with you sitting on my chest, cursing me for bleeding to death, I said to myself 'Jamie Fraser, for all ye canna see what she looks like, and for all she weights as much as a good draft horse, this is the woman."

"Love doesn't make the world go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile."

"I desire many things concerning myself; but I desire nothing so much, as to have a heart filled with love to the Lord. I long for a warm personal attachment to Him."

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful."

"And yes, I’ll admit, I am jealous. I’m jealous of every minute you spend with him, of every concerned expression you send his way, of every tear shed, of every glance, every touch, and every thought. I want to rip him to pieces and purge him from your mind and from your heart. But I can’t."

"Holding Eleanor's hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive."