Quotes about love and romance. Words for those who are troubled by love or matters of the heart.

The longest-lasting love is unrequited love.Somerset Maugham

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Somerset Maugham, a novelist and playwright known for works such as The Moon and Sixpence and Of Human Bondage.

A love continues as long as you confess your feelings and convey them to the other person, and even after heartbreak, as long as you keep thinking of them.

Of course, becoming lovers and being together may be the happiest outcome, but there’s something precious about the time spent simply cherishing someone in your heart.

This quote may be telling us about a kind of love that is, in its own way, the happiest: one in which you can love the other person, and even love yourself and the time you spend loving them.

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Since they say ‘to each their own,’ shouldn’t there be as many kinds of love as there are hearts?Leo Tolstoy

This famous quote by Leo Tolstoy, the novelist who wrote War and Peace, carries the message that just as people have different ways of thinking, love can take many forms—and that we should embrace its diversity.

There are many couples who nurture love in various ways, whether in terms of gender, age, or other aspects.

Each relationship belongs to the people in it.

It’s not something for others to interfere with; rather, it encourages each of us to love in the way our own heart leads.

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What saves us from love is not so much reason as busyness.Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

No matter how irresistibly you love someone and your love won’t stop, or how deeply you’re sunk in the sorrow of heartbreak, you tend to forget when you keep yourself busy with work or study.

This famous quote by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, the literary giant who wrote numerous works such as “Rashomon” and “The Nose,” has the power to save those who are prone to drowning in romance.

Even if you try to restrain yourself through reason, it rarely goes well.

More than that, if you create a physically “busy” situation, no matter how overwhelming the love is, you can immerse yourself in your busyness and forget it, even if only temporarily.

If you’re suffering from a painful heartbreak, it might be good to find something you can get busy with and devote yourself to.

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If you do not love, you cannot learn how to love.Iris Murdoch

If you don't love, you can't learn how to love. #quote

These are the words of Iris Murdoch, who was active in Ireland as a philosopher, writer, and poet, expressing a view on what love is and how we come to know how to love.

She says that practicing love is more important than thinking about how to love, and that failures in the act of loving itself lead to learning how to love.

It’s a perspective that overlaps with the proverb “Seeing is believing,” conveying that practice comes first.

Rather than agonizing over it, take action first—and within that, you’ll gain your learning.

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The socks called romance must not be thrown away even if they get holes; that becomes their charm.Shigeharu Aoyama

It’s a message that we should cherish failures and wounds in love and human relationships as part of our experience.

For example, even if you have misunderstandings or fights in your first romance, or go through heartbreak, it’s important not to simply discard it as “it didn’t work,” but to accept it as a chance to learn and grow.

Like a pair of socks with holes, even with scars and hardships, those experiences contribute to your individuality and depth.

This idea applies not only to romance but also to work and friendship: accumulating failures and bitter experiences as “flavor” is a key to building a richer life and stronger relationships.

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Love that does not know the sweetness of forgiveness is not love.John Greenleaf Whittier

Describing the act of forgiving as something sweet is a profound quote.

It’s by John Greenleaf Whittier, an American poet who also supported the abolition of slavery.

Does “forgive” here mean to accept? Even if someone is your lover, they’re still another person, so there will be things you can’t fully understand about each other.

But by accepting all of that, new possibilities may arise, and your love might deepen.

The act of forgiving is also connected to acknowledging the other person, so it would be wonderful if both people could do that.

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Love is like a sweet flower. To pluck it, one must have the courage to go to the edge of a terrifying precipice.Stendhal

These are the words of Stendhal, the great French writer known for masterpieces such as The Red and the Black and On Love, who had “I lived, I wrote, I loved” inscribed on his own tombstone.

From this quote, one can sense an immense value placed on love.

Going to the edge of a sheer cliff to pick a flower would indeed be an act that risks one’s life.

If one still chooses to go and pick it, it must be because the feeling is worth staking one’s life on.

Wouldn’t you like to experience such a love at least once in your life?

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