500+ Romantic Quotes – Romantic Love Quotes For Lover

Few things capture the heart quite like beautiful romantic quotes. Whether you are searching for romantic love quotes to melt your partner’s heart, sweet romantic quotes for him to make him smile, or tender romantic quotes for her to remind her how deeply she is loved, the right words can turn an ordinary moment into an unforgettable one. This collection brings together more than 300 of the most touching, passionate, and timeless expressions of love ever written — perfect for love letters, anniversary cards, wedding vows, good-morning texts, or simply saying “I love you” in a way that truly lands.

The very word “romance” carries centuries of history. It comes from the Old French “romanz,” the vernacular tales of chivalry and courtly love that swept medieval Europe, where knights pledged undying devotion to their ladies. The celebration of romantic love as we know it owes much to St. Valentine, a third-century Roman priest, and to Geoffrey Chaucer, whose 1382 poem “Parlement of Foules” first linked February 14 with lovers. Even earlier, the oldest known love poem in the world — the “Love Song for Shu-Sin” — was pressed into a clay tablet in ancient Mesopotamia around 2000 BCE, proof that lovers have been reaching for the perfect words for more than four thousand years. Read more about the history of romantic love and Valentine’s Day traditions.

Below you will find our handpicked selection organized for every mood and moment: the best romantic quotes of all time, heartfelt lines for him and for her, short quotes perfect for texting, funny ones to make your partner laugh, and famous words from history’s greatest writers. Browse them all, save your favorites, and let love do the talking.

Best Romantic Quotes

The soul that can speak with its eyes can also kiss with a gaze. — Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. — James Baldwin

If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain. — Emily Dickinson

No matter what has happened. No matter what you’ve done. No matter what you will do. I will always love you. I swear it. — C.J. Redwine

If I love you, I show you I love you every day. Little things, big things. — Dwayne Johnson

I swear I couldn’t love you more than I do right now, and yet I know I will tomorrow. — Leo Christopher

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. — H.L. Mencken

To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life. — Victor Hugo

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. — Lao Tzu

The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. — Noah Calhoun, The Notebook

You have a place in my heart no one else could have. — F. Scott Fitzgerald

Lord, you know it’s a shame
When I only want for you to pull over and hold me ’til I can’t remember my own name. — Joanna Newsom

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you… I could walk through my garden forever. — Alfred Tennyson

You are my today and all of my tomorrows. — Leo Christopher

A great marriage is not when the ‘perfect couple’ comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences. — Dave Meurer

You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams. — Dr. Seuss

All of me loves all of you. Love your curves and all your edges; all your perfect imperfections. Give your all to me. I’ll give my all to you. — John Legend

I never want to stop making memories with you. — Pierre Jeanty

One day you will kiss a man you can’t breathe without and find that breath is of little consequence. — Karen Marie Moning

The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in. — Morrie Schwartz

I wanted to tell you that wherever I am, whatever happens, I’ll always think of you, and the time we spent together, as my happiest time. I’d do it all over again if I had the choice. No regrets. — Cynthia Hand

The water shines only by the sun. And it is you who are my sun. — Charles de Leusse

The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart. — Helen Keller

I seem to have loved you in numberless forms, numberless times, in life after life, in age after age forever. — Rabindranath Tagore

Who, being loved, is poor? — Oscar Wilde

Where there is love, there is life. — Mahatma Gandhi

The art of love is largely the art of persistence. — Albert Ellis

I want you. All of you. Your flaws. Your mistakes. Your imperfections. I want you, and only you. — John Legend

She saw him the first day onboard, and then her heart sank into her shoes as she realized at last how much she wanted him. — F. Scott Fitzgerald

When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible. — When Harry Met Sally

In your light, I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art. — Rumi

I remember who I am when I’m with you. — Nicole Christie

I love you, not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you, not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. — Roy Croft

Maybe we’ve lived a thousand lives before this one and in each of them, we’ve found each other… — Nicholas Sparks

It isn’t possible to love and part. You will wish that it was… love is eternal. — E.M. Forster

He’s like a drug for you, Bella. — Stephenie Meyer

It’s always better when we’re together. — Jack Johnson

And in her smile, I see something more beautiful than the stars. — Beth Revis

There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment. — Sarah Dessen

If I know what love is, it is because of you. — Hermann Hesse

In short, I will part with anything for you but you. — Mary Wortley Montagu

It’s one thing to fall in love. It’s another to feel someone else fall in love with you and to feel a responsibility toward that love. — David Levithan

The heart wants what it wants. There’s no logic to these things. You meet someone and you fall in love and that’s that. — Woody Allen

Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. — Erica Jong

To be your friend was all I ever wanted; to be your lover was all I ever dreamed. — Valerie Lombardo

Perhaps, after all, romance did not come into one’s life with pomp and blare… love unfolded naturally out of a beautiful friendship. — Lucy Maud Montgomery

Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other. — Dalai Lama

After all this time? Always. — J.K. Rowling

There is no pretending… I love you, and I will love you until I die, and if there is life after that, I’ll love you then. — Cassandra Clare

And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make. — The Beatles

I miss you when I’m not with you. When I’m not with you, all I do is think about you. When I think about you, I just want to be with you. When I’m with you it’s like all of my dreams have come true. — Unknown

Being in love used to seem like such an exaggeration, but not since the day I fell for you. When I say that you’re my everything and that I’d do anything for you, I’m definitely not exaggerating. — Unknown

Because through love, we feel the intensity of our connection to everything and everyone. And at the core, we are all the same. We’re all one. — Loving Annabelle

Vulnerability is the essence of romance. It’s the art of being uncalculated, the willingness to look foolish, the courage to say, “This is me, and I’m interested in you enough to show you my flaws.” — Ashton Kutcher

Romantic Quotes for Him

He deserves romance too, and these romantic quotes for him say what he needs to hear — that he’s loved, admired, and wanted. These quotes redress the balance with sincerity and warmth any man would be moved to receive.

Choose quotes that match his personality. Use them in cards, texts, or as part of a surprise. If he’s unaccustomed to receiving romantic words, start gently; the impact of being truly seen often surprises. Love expressed is love strengthened.

Looking for the perfect line for your boyfriend or husband? These romantic quotes for him are made to melt his heart — and if his birthday is coming up, pair them with our birthday quotes for boyfriend.

Love is like the wind, you can’t see it but you can feel it. — Nicholas Sparks

I am catastrophically in love with you. — Cassandra Clare

He’s more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same. — Emily Brontë

Once upon a time, there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering. — Nicole Krauss

Even before we met and long after we’re both gone, my heart lives inside of yours. I’m forever and ever in love with you. — Crystal Woods

Rest against my heart. Let me watch over your dreams. And know that tomorrow morning, and every morning after that, you’ll awaken next to someone who loves you. — Lisa Kleypas

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this. — Pablo Neruda

When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable. — Jess C. Scott

Now you’re my whole life. Now you’re my whole world… — Brad Paisley

I knew the second I met you that there was something about you I needed. Turns out it wasn’t something about you at all. It was just you. — Jamie McGuire

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

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality. — Marya Mannes

I love you the way a drowning man loves air. And it would destroy me to have you just a little. — Rae Carson

I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women, when they love, give everything. — Oscar Wilde

My love for you has no depth, its boundaries are ever-expanding. — Christina White

When you love something, it loves you back in whatever way it has to love. — John Knowles

Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone — we find it with another. — Thomas Merton

Love is when you meet someone who tells you something new about yourself. — André Breton

I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once. — John Green

In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine. — Maya Angelou

For once in my life, I don’t have to try to be happy. When I’m with you, it just happens. — Anonymous

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides. — David Viscott

I’ll never forget the way you looked walking toward me. I never thought that I’d have a woman like you in my life. It’s all there etched in my brain. — Christine Feehan

They say when you are missing someone that they are probably feeling the same, but I don’t think it’s possible for you to miss me as much as I’m missing you right now. — Edna St. Vincent Millay

You know it’s true. Everything I do, I do it for you. — Bryan Adams

All that you are is all that I’ll ever need. — Ed Sheeran

Love planted a rose, and the world turned sweet. — Katharine Lee Bates

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope. — Maya Angelou

I’m in love with you, and I’m not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things… — John Green

I am not sure if that is true, that women give more when they love than men do, but it reminds me that you should never hold anything back. Give all you have, always. — Oscar Wilde

I love you as one loves certain dark things, secretly, between the shadow and the soul. — Pablo Neruda

A love story is not about those who lose their heart but about those who find that sullen inhabitant… — Michael Ondaatje

Love is the Water of Life. — Rumi

Love is when the other person’s happiness is more important than your own. — H. Jackson Brown Jr.

I finally understood what true love meant… love meant that you care for another person’s happiness more than your own. — Nicholas Sparks

I have to admit I fell in love twice. First was with you and the second was with the person you became when you were already mine. — Dawson’s Creek

Happy marriages begin when we marry the ones we love, and they blossom when we love the ones we marry. — Tom Mullen

You are the best thing that’s ever been mine. — Taylor Swift

Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. — Bob Marley

Anyone who falls in love is searching for the missing pieces of themselves… — Haruki Murakami

The only thing we never get enough of is love, and the only thing we never give enough of is love. — Henry Miller

We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love. — Dr. Seuss

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. — Maya Angelou

Love is a two-way street constantly under construction. — Carroll Bryant

We would be together and have our books and at night be warm in bed together with the windows open and the stars bright. — Ernest Hemingway

I’m also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her. — Notting Hill

I give you my name, my earthly possessions, and my eternal love. But of all the things I have, the thing I want most to give you are my eyes, these eyes that see how magnificently beautiful you are. — Michelle Marcos

When you say you love me, for a moment, there’s no one else alive. — Josh Groban

You may not be her first, her last, or her only… But if she loves you now, what else matters? — Bob Marley

The very essence of romance is uncertainty. — Oscar Wilde

A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure. — Charlie Chaplin

A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. — Ingrid Bergman

I love you more than there are stars in the sky and fish in the sea. — Nicholas Sparks

When you’re lucky enough to meet your one person, then life takes a turn for the best. — John Krasinski

I like you very much. Just as you are. — Bridget Jones’s Diary

How wonderful life is, now you’re in the world. — Moulin Rouge

Is it possible never to have known something, never to have missed it in its absence — and a few moments later to live in and for that single experience alone? From now on you can love nothing other than her, and in this world, nothing else will ever have any effect on you. — Friedrich Schiller

Every great love starts with a great story… — Nicholas Sparks

When I see your face, there’s not a thing that I would change, ’cause you’re amazing — just the way you are. — Bruno Mars

I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees. — Pablo Neruda

Love is a rebellious bird that nobody can tame. — Veronica Rossi

Love, having no geography, knows no boundaries. — Truman Capote

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo. But you want someone who’ll help you catch the bus. — Oprah Winfrey

True love is inexhaustible. The more you give, the more you have. — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Your name is a golden bell hung in my heart. I would break my body to pieces to call you once by your name. — Peter S. Beagle

I need to know I can see your smile each morning. Look into your eyes each night. For the rest of my life, here with you, near you. — Sara Evans

If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets. — Haruki Murakami

Romantic Quotes for Her

She deserves poetry, and these romantic quotes for her deliver it — tender, passionate lines that speak directly to the woman you love. Whether she’s your wife, partner, or the one you’re wooing, these quotes express admiration and devotion.

The key to romance is attention: choose quotes that reflect what makes her unique. Use them in love notes, anniversary cards, or surprise texts. Pair a beautiful quote with a specific compliment and it becomes personal. Romance is consistently showing her she’s seen and chosen.

Sweep her off her feet with these tender romantic quotes for her — ideal for anniversaries, Valentine’s Day, or just because. For longer messages, explore our romantic love messages.

I wanna be the reason behind your smile because surely you are the reason behind mine. — Anonymous

A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love. — Max Müller

Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams. If you’re wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn’t love you anymore. — Lady Gaga

Take me into your loving arms. Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars. — Ed Sheeran

I want all of you, forever, you and me, every day. — Nicholas Sparks

Promise me you’ll never forget me because if I thought you would, I’d never leave. — A.A. Milne

You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back. — Barbara De Angelis

I have a question for you. If your shadow is the second most beautiful thing in the world, which is the first? — Amit Kalantri

If I had to choose between breathing and loving you I would use my last breath to tell you I love you. — DeAnna Anderson

So it’s not gonna be easy. It’s going to be really hard; we’re gonna have to work at this every day, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, every day. You and me… every day. — Nicholas Sparks

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life. — Oscar Wilde

I never loved you any more than I do, right this second. And I’ll never love you any less than I do, right this second. — Margaret Stohl

You’re always the first and the last thing on this heart of mine. No matter where I go, or what I do, I’m thinking of you. — Dierks Bentley

I know I would crumble if I lost you. — Shannon Hale

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired. — Robert Frost

So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you. — Paulo Coelho

For the two of us, home isn’t a place. It is a person. And we are finally home. — Stephanie Perkins

I don’t wanna close my eyes, I don’t wanna fall asleep, ’cause I’d miss you, babe, and I don’t wanna miss a thing. — Aerosmith

I’ll never stop trying. I’ll never stop watching as you leave. I’ll never stop losing my breath every time I see you looking back at me. I’ll never stop holding your hand. I’ll never stop opening your door. I’ll never stop choosing you, babe. I’ll never get used to you. — SafetySuit

Take my hand, take my whole life too. I can’t help falling in love with you. — Elvis Presley

I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. — When Harry Met Sally

Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze. — Elinor Glyn

I don’t care how hard being together is, nothing is worse than being apart. — Josephine Angelini

I have a million things to talk to you about. All I want in this world is you. I want to see you and talk. I want the two of us to begin everything from the beginning. — Haruki Murakami

You don’t marry one person; you marry three: the person you think they are, the person they are, and the person they are going to become as a result of being married to you. — Richard Needham

They didn’t agree on much. In fact, they didn’t agree on anything. They fought all the time and challenged each other every day. But despite their differences, they had one important thing in common. They were crazy about each other. — Nicholas Sparks

Everything little thing you do, I do adore. — Mindy Gledhill

You are the answer to every prayer I’ve offered. You are a song, a dream, a whisper, and I don’t know how I could have lived without you for as long as I have. — Nicholas Sparks

And you, with all your little flaws, and your little quirks, somehow you keep drawing me back in. — Summer Roberts

I want to know you moved and breathed in the same world as me. — F. Scott Fitzgerald

You could hold me and I could hold you. And it would be so peaceful. Completely peaceful. Like the feeling of sleep, but awake in it together. — John Green

In all the years we spend together, I never once regretted the fact that I had chosen you and that you had chosen me as well. — Nicholas Sparks

True love is rare, and it’s the only thing that gives life real meaning. — Nicholas Sparks

I cross my heart and promise to give all I’ve got to give to make all your dreams come true. In all the world, you’ll never find a love as true as mine. — George Strait

But you’ve slipped under my skin, invaded my blood and seized my heart. — Maria V. Snyder

Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquility of a lovely sunset. — Ann Landers

Because with the right person, sometimes kissing feels like healing. — Lisa McMann

I was smiling yesterday, I am smiling today and I will smile tomorrow. Simply because life is too short to cry for anything. — Santosh Kalwar

You don’t love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear. — Oscar Wilde

I’ve been in love with you since the very beginning. You asked why there isn’t anyone else in my life, and the reason… is you. — Julie James

And I’ve realized that the Beatles got it wrong. Love isn’t all we need — love is all there is. — Morgan Matson

You are my heart, my life, my entire existence. — Julie Kagawa

Everything changes, but my love for you never will. I’ve fought myself on this too long and I can’t pretend anymore. I’ve loved you since I met you, and I will love you for all of eternity. — Angela Corbett

There’s nothing that I wouldn’t do to make you feel my love. — Adele

To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow — this is a human offering that can border on miraculous. — Elizabeth Gilbert

Love lets you find those hidden places in another person, even the ones they didn’t know were there, even the ones they wouldn’t have thought to call beautiful themselves. — Hilary T. Smith

I saw that you were perfect, and so I loved you. Then I saw that you were not perfect and I loved you even more. — Angelita Lim

When you are loved, you can do anything in creation. When you are loved, there’s no need at all to understand what’s happening, because everything happens within you. — Paulo Coelho

My love for you is past the mind, beyond my heart, and into my soul. — Boris Kodjoe

I have learned not to worry about love, but to honor its coming with all my heart. — Alice Walker

Marriages are like fingerprints; each one is different and each one is beautiful. — Maggie Reyes

The real lover is the man who can thrill you just by touching your head or smiling into your eyes — or just by staring into space. — Marilyn Monroe

I want you forever, not just for tonight. — Sylvain Reynard

How can I tell you what you mean to me? When I saw you at the ball it was as if my heart started beating again. You lit up the room, bright in an ocean of black and white. — Kerrelyn Sparks

I no longer believed in the idea of soul mates, or love at first sight. But I was beginning to believe that a very few times in your life, if you were lucky, you might meet someone who was exactly right for you. — Lisa Kleypas

My love for you just grows and grows. With every sigh, I become more mad about you. — Unknown

You’re mine. Mine, as I’m yours. — Ygritte, Game of Thrones

And then, just at that moment, when I’m no longer sure if I’m dreaming or awake, I feel the flutter of your lips on mine. — Lauren Oliver

Sometimes I can’t see myself when I’m with you. I can only just see you. — Jodi Lynn Anderson

I’m so lucky to have met you, I hope you know that. No matter how things turn out, right now I’m so happy to know you, and I’ll always be happy to have known you. — Unknown

Before I met you, my life ran on sheer amusement. After I met you, my life ran on sheer compassion. — Heenashree Khandelwal

I heard what you said. I’m not the silly romantic you think. I don’t want the heavens or the shooting stars. I want… a steady hand. A kind soul. I want to love and be loved. — Shana Abe

Love should feel like a hand-sewn quilt made by grandma, wrapping you up on a cold winter morning. — Carroll Bryant

Maybe it is our imperfections that make us so perfect for one another. — Emma

Here it’s safe, here it’s warm. Here the daisies guard you against every harm. Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true. Here is the place where I love you. — Suzanne Collins

Short Romantic Quotes

The most powerful romantic quotes are often the shortest — a single line that says everything. These short romantic quotes are perfect for texts, captions, engravings, and moments when brevity carries the most weight.

Use them daily: a morning text, a sticky note, a photo caption, a whispered goodnight. Short quotes are shareable and memorable. Find yours and use it often.

Sometimes the shortest words hit the hardest. These short romantic quotes are perfect for texts, captions, and love notes. Need more to say? Browse our full collection of love messages for every mood.

You are my today and all of my tomorrows. — Leo Christopher

I swear I couldn’t love you more than I do right now, and yet I know I will tomorrow. — Leo Christopher

Where there is love, there is life. — Mahatma Gandhi

Who, being loved, is poor? — Oscar Wilde

If I know what love is, it is because of you. — Hermann Hesse

It’s always better when we’re together. — Jack Johnson

I never want to stop making memories with you. — Pierre Jeanty

I remember who I am when I’m with you. — Nicole Christie

I am catastrophically in love with you. — Cassandra Clare

Love me and the world is mine. — David Reed

Over everything, I choose you. — Marissa Meyer

Your hand touching mine. This is how galaxies collide. — Sanober Khan

I love it when you send me those texts that make me smile no matter how many times I read them. — Unknown

Love is the Water of Life. — Rumi

All that you are is all that I’ll ever need. — Ed Sheeran

It is not being in love that makes me happy, it is being in love with you that does. — Unknown

There is so much to say… I cannot find the words. Except for these — I love you! — Unknown

I still get butterflies even though I’ve seen you a hundred times. — Unknown

Each time you happen to me all over again. — Edith Wharton

Never love anyone who treats you like you’re ordinary. — Oscar Wilde

God is keeping me alive but you are keeping me in love. — Unknown

I fell for you unexpectedly but now I plan to be with you forever. — Unknown

You deserve the world, and I know I can’t give that to you. So I’ll give you the next best thing: my world. — Unknown

The greatest gift I ever received is when I first saw you smile, it took me to a whole new world. — Unknown

I want everyone to meet you. You’re my favorite person of all time. — Rainbow Rowell

Love the moment and the energy of the moment will spread beyond all boundaries. — Corita Kent

I am very indecisive and always have trouble picking my favorite anything. But, without a doubt, you are my favorite everything. — Unknown

Hearing your laugh feels like coming home. — Unknown

Your smile is the reason why I have a twinkle in my eye and love in my heart. — Unknown

My angel, my life, my entire world, you’re the one that I want, the one that I need, let me be with you always, my love, my everything. — Unknown

Some people search their whole lives to find what I found in you. — Unknown

I am in heaven and paradise whenever I am in your arms. — Unknown

You are the last thought in my mind before I drift off to sleep and the first thought when I wake up each morning. — Unknown

Your absence is stronger to me than the presence of thousands of other people. — Unknown

I don’t need paradise because I found you. I don’t need dreams because I already have you. — Unknown

I’m never gonna stop loving you and I’m never gonna stop falling in love with you. — Unknown

My six-word love story is: I can’t imagine life without you. — Unknown

And then my soul saw you and it kind of went, “Oh, there you are. I’ve been looking all over for you.” — Unknown

Thank God someone threw me away so you could pick me up and love me. — Unknown

I promise to handle your heart with care and treasure it with love. — Unknown

Reaching for your hand brings me such joy and knowing that you are mine forever brings me peace. — Unknown

You do a million small things that bring delight to my life. — Unknown

I can’t imagine what my life was like before. I can’t imagine ever being without you for very long again. — Unknown

I’ll honor, respect, cherish and love you till the day I die. — Unknown

By holding onto laughter through our darkest days, we keep ourselves open to an open door, a light in the darkness. — Unknown

I am amazed when I look at you, not because you look good but because everything I ever wanted is right in front of me. — Unknown

Celebrating each and every day that I’m with you is what I’ll do for the rest of my life. — Unknown

Cuddling with you, talking with you, and being with you, that’s what I love most. — Unknown

The brightness of my day doesn’t depend on the amount of sunshine. Everything depends on your smile. — Unknown

Nothing compares to you. — Prince

Let’s just fall in love again. — Jason Castro

The best feeling is when you look at him… and he is already staring. — Unknown

Why can’t you just magically pop into my room with me and just cuddle for the rest of the night and kiss my head when I start to fall asleep? — Unknown

Give in to love, or live in fear. — Rent

I love you and I like you. — Parks & Recreation

Please grow old with me and I promise you that I will be here for you till the end. — Unknown

I always have many roads to travel, but I take the one which leads to you. — Amit Kalantri

There is no greater happiness for a man than approaching a door at the end of a day knowing someone on the other side of that door is waiting for the sound of his footsteps. — Ronald Reagan

If loving you was a job, I’d be the most qualified, dedicated and deserving candidate. I’d in fact even be ready to work for free! — Unknown

Just because I’m not forever by your side doesn’t mean that’s not precisely where I want to be. — Stephanie Laurens

Chemistry is you touching my arm and setting fire to my mind. — Nayyirah Waheed

The heart is an arrow. It demands aim to land true. — Leigh Bardugo

I’ll always catch you when you fall. — Lauren Kate

True love cannot be found where it does not truly exist, nor can it be hidden where it does. — David Schwimmer

Love is passion, obsession, someone you can’t live without. If you don’t start with that, what are you going to end up with? — Meet Joe Black

I wanna live, sleep, and wake up by your side. — Unknown

I belong to my beloved, and my beloved is mine. — Jamie McGuire

When I tell you I love you, I am not saying it out of habit, I am reminding you that you are my life. — Unknown

They say you only fall in love once, but that can’t be true. Every time I look at you, I fall in love all over again. — Unknown

It’s amazing how one day someone walks into your life, and then the next day you wonder how you lived without them. — Unknown

True love is about vulnerability. It is allowing someone to see that you want and need them in your life. — Unknown

There is nothing more beautiful than a vulnerable heart in open hands. — Amanda Mosher

If one day the moon calls you by your name don’t be surprised, because every night I tell her about you. — Shahrazad al-Khalij

I am waiting and if waiting means being able to be with you, I will wait for as long as it takes. — Unknown

Kisses, even to the air, are beautiful. — Drew Barrymore

I fell in love with the way you touched me without using your hands. — Unknown

For a chance with you, I can wait. — Myra McEntire

Love meant jumping off a cliff and trusting that a certain person would be there to catch you at the bottom. — Jodi Picoult

If you can be yourselves around each other, 100 percent of the time, and they can make your life as no one else can, you’ll never have a dull moment together. — Will Smith

We can only learn to love by loving. — Iris Murdoch

Because when I look at you, I can feel it. And I look at you and I’m home. — Dory, Finding Nemo

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own. — Robert A. Heinlein

Love you! Girl, you’re in the very core of my heart. I hold you there like a jewel. Didn’t I promise you I’d never tell you a lie? Love you! I love you with all there is of me to love. Heart, soul, brain. There’s nobody in the world for me but you. — L.M. Montgomery

I love you. Remember. They cannot take it. — Lauren Oliver

I promise to love you forever, every single day of forever. — Twilight

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Funny Romantic Quotes

Love is hilarious too. These funny romantic quotes prove that laughter really is the shortest distance between two hearts.

Love doesn’t make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile. — Franklin P. Jones

Everyone who knows me knows that I’m a hopeless romantic who listens to love ballads and doo-wop songs all the time. — Henry Rollins

Marry a man your own age; as your beauty fades, so will his eyesight. — Phyllis Diller

Marriage is the miracle that transforms a kiss from a pleasure into a duty. — Helen Rowland

Marriage is like a game of chess except the board is flowing water, the pieces are made of smoke and no move you make will have any effect on the outcome. — Jerry Seinfeld

By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you will be happy. If you get a bad one, you will be a philosopher. — Socrates

I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They’ve experienced pain and bought jewelry. — Rita Rudner

Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come. — Matt Groening

Marriage is a bond between a person who never remembers anniversaries and another who never forgets them. — Ogden Nash

The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they’re right if you love to be with them all the time. — Julia Child

As a man in a relationship, you have a choice: You can be right or you can be happy. — Ralphie May

I’m very romantic, I’m extremely romantic. I date my wife. — Alice Cooper

I love being married. It’s so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life. — Rita Rudner

Love is something sent from heaven to worry the hell out of you. — Dolly Parton

All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt. — Charles M. Schulz

I’m afraid once your heart is involved, it all comes out in moron. — Gilmore Girls

I love you. You annoy me more than I ever thought possible, but I want to spend every irritating minute with you. — Scrubs

Love is sharing your popcorn. — Charles M. Schulz

If it is your time, love will track you down like a cruise missile. — Lynda Barry

Real love amounts to withholding the truth, even when you’re offered the perfect opportunity to hurt someone’s feelings. — David Sedaris

You know, maybe I was just born at the wrong time, but I love all things romantic. — Jennifer Lopez

Just in case you ever foolishly forget; I’m not thinking of you. — Virginia Woolf

I never told you, but sometimes when I’m at work, I think of you and smile. — Homer Simpson

My love for you is mightier than Goliath and Niagara Falls combined. — Unknown

Good morning my love, our two souls aflame, with my man I feel two hearts beat the same. — Unknown

Since I met you this small town hasn’t got room for my big feelings. — Björk

French is the language that turns dirt into romance. — Stephen King

Love isn’t about ridiculous little words. Love is about grand gestures. Love is about going that extra mile even if it hurts. — Little Manhattan

If you want to read about love and marriage, you’ve got to buy two separate books. — Alan King

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. — Mignon McLaughlin

Marriage is a risk; I think it’s a great and glorious risk, as long as you embark on the adventure in the same spirit. — Cate Blanchett

Famous Romantic Love Quotes

Some romantic quotes have achieved immortality — lines from Shakespeare, Keats, and modern masters that define love poetry. This collection of classic romantic quotes gathers the greatest love lines ever written, each vetted by centuries of lovers. When only the most beautiful words will do, start here.

These classics endure because they capture love’s essence with unmatched eloquence. Use them in wedding vows, anniversary cards, love letters, or proposals. They also make stunning wall art and captions. Quoting the masters is never wrong; these lines have launched a million romances.

The greatest writers in history all tried to put love into words. These famous romantic love quotes from Shakespeare, Rumi, Neruda, Austen, and more have stood the test of time — discover even more timeless wisdom in our most famous English quotes collection, or browse thousands of romantic quotes on Goodreads.

If music be the food of love, play on,
Give me excess of it; that surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die. — William Shakespeare

Love is a smoke and is made with the fume of sighs. — William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

My night has become a sunny dawn because of you. — Rumi

Only from the heart can you touch the sky. — Rumi

If you find me not within you, you will never find me. I have been with you, from the beginning of me. — Rumi

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. — Rumi

But I love your feet only because they walked upon the earth and upon the wind and upon the waters until they found me. — Pablo Neruda

I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun. — Jane Austen

The very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone. — Jane Austen

You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope… I have loved none but you. — Jane Austen

You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you. — Jane Austen, Pride & Prejudice

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart. — Jane Austen

I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart’s affections, and the truth of imagination. — John Keats

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter. — John Keats

But we loved with a love that was more than love. — Edgar Allan Poe

There is no instinct like that of the heart. — Lord Byron

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts. — Charles Dickens

Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart. — Charles Dickens

Constancy in love is a good thing; but it means nothing, and is nothing, without constancy in every kind of effort. — Charles Dickens

We were together. I forget the rest. — Walt Whitman

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet. — Plato

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love. — Sophocles

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive — to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. — Marcus Aurelius

He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking. — Leo Tolstoy

All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. — Leo Tolstoy

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. — Carl Jung

You and I, it’s as though we have been taught to kiss in heaven and sent down to earth together, to see if we know what we were taught. — Boris Pasternak

If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. If they don’t, they never were. — Kahlil Gibran

I loved you first: but afterwards your love. — Christina Rossetti

Truth to tell, the longer I live, the more I’m tempted to think that the only moderately worthwhile people in the world are you and I. — Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

The word ‘romance,’ according to the dictionary, means excitement, adventure, and something extremely real. Romance should last a lifetime. — Billy Graham

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend. — Martin Luther King Jr.

In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self. — William Penn

Love of man for woman — the love of a woman for man. That’s the nature, the meaning, the best of life itself. — Zane Grey

Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold. — Zelda Fitzgerald

Love is not a hot-house flower, but a wild plant, born of a wet night, born of an hour of sunshine; sprung from wild seed, blown along the road by a wild wind. — John Galsworthy

Love, whether newly born or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling the heart so full of radiance, that it overflows upon the outward world. — Nathaniel Hawthorne

Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless. — Mortimer Adler

Love takes up where knowledge leaves off. — Saint Thomas Aquinas

Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction. — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

To get the full value of joy, you must have someone to divide it with. — Mark Twain

I am all the time thinking about poetry and fiction and you. — Virginia Woolf

Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me. — Sarah Bernhardt

Separation isn’t time or distance, it’s the bridge between us, finer than silk thread, sharper than swords. — Nâzım Hikmet

When I saw you, I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew. — Arrigo Boito

You should be kissed and often, and by someone who knows how. — Margaret Mitchell

I’d cut up my heart for you to wear if you wanted it. — Margaret Mitchell

In love, there are two things — bodies and words. — Joyce Carol Oates

How odd I can have all this inside me and to you it’s just words. — David Foster Wallace

I profess not to know how women’s hearts are wooed and won. To me, they have always been matters of riddle and admiration. — Washington Irving

What is done in love is done well. — Vincent van Gogh

Each day I love you more, today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow. — Rosemonde Gérard

Can miles truly separate you from friends… If you want to be with someone you love, aren’t you already there? — Richard Bach

I’m a feminist, but I think that romance has been taken away a bit for my generation. I think what people connect with in novels is this idea of an overpowering, encompassing love — and it being more important and special than anything and everything else. — Emma Watson

I wonder how many people don’t get the one they want but end up with the one they’re supposed to be with. — Fannie Flagg

There’s something about the sound of a train that’s very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful. — Paul Simon

When love is not madness it is not love. — Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain and sickness, it would still be dear. — Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

I have for the first time found what I can truly love — I have found you. You are my sympathy, my better self, my good angel. — Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

Take love, multiply it by infinity and take it to the depths of forever, and you still have only a glimpse of how I feel for you. — Meet Joe Black

Love is passion, obsession, someone you can’t live without. If you don’t start with that, what are you going to end up with? — Meet Joe Black

Here’s looking at you, kid. — Casablanca

Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while. — The Princess Bride

What do you want? Do you want the moon? Just say the word and I’ll throw a lasso around it and pull it down. — It’s a Wonderful Life

Love means never having to say you’re sorry. — Love Story

And he took her in his arms and kissed her under the sunlit sky, and he cared not that they stood high upon the walls in the sight of many. — J.R.R. Tolkien

I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone. — J.R.R. Tolkien

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. — J.D. Salinger

Love and you shall be loved. All love is mathematically just, as much as two sides of an algebraic equation. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Any good marriage is a secret territory, a necessary white space on society’s map. What others don’t know about it is what makes it yours. — Stephen King

I am in you and you in me, mutual in divine love. — William Blake

If my love were an ocean, there would be no more land. If my love were a desert, you would see only sand. If my love were a star — late at night, only light. And if my love could grow wings, I’d be soaring in flight. — Jay Asher

You know it’s love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you’re not part of their happiness. — Julia Roberts

It seems right now that all I’ve ever done in my life is making my way here to you. — The Bridges of Madison County

I won’t hesitate. No more, no more. It cannot wait, I’m yours. — Jason Mraz

I can feel Peeta press his forehead into my temple and he asks, “So now that you’ve got me, what are you going to do with me?” I turn into him. “Put you somewhere you can’t get hurt.” — Suzanne Collins

All I want in this life are three… a moonlit beach on the starlit sea, a breath of opium, and thee. — Roman Payne

I have waited for this opportunity for more than half a century, to repeat to you once again my vow of eternal fidelity and everlasting love. — Gabriel García Márquez

I love you, in my mind where my thoughts reside, in my heart where my emotions live, and in my soul where my dreams are born. I love you. — Dee Henderson

Happiness is anyone and anything at all that’s loved by you. — Charles M. Schulz

The Earth must have done some noble work; that is why you were born here and not in the ocean among the fishes and not in the sky among the birds. — Amit Kalantri

There is no more lovely, friendly, and charming relationship, communion, or company than a good marriage. — Martin Luther

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear. — Martin Luther King Jr.

Come live in my heart and pay no rent. — Samuel Lover

Beauty is the lover’s gift. — William Congreve

First, best is falling in love. Second, best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love. — Maya Angelou

The fact is, I love him. He’s the boy I want and one day he’ll be mine. — Meg Cabot

Real love isn’t just a euphoric, spontaneous feeling — it’s a deliberate choice; a plan to love each other for better and worse, for richer and poorer, in sickness and in health. — Seth Adam Smith

You smell of violets. You’ve no idea how many times I have walked these moors and smelled them and thought you were near. — Deanna Raybourn

He knew that when he kissed this girl and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God. So he waited… Then he kissed her. — F. Scott Fitzgerald

I love her, and that’s the beginning and end of everything. — F. Scott Fitzgerald

There are all kinds of love in this world, but never the same love twice. — F. Scott Fitzgerald

Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife. — Franz Schubert

For you, a thousand times over. — Khaled Hosseini

She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal. — Simone de Beauvoir

Frequently Asked Questions About Romantic Quotes

What is the most romantic quote of all time?

Contenders include Shakespeare’s “If music be the food of love, play on,” Rumi’s “In your light, I learn how to love,” and Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” The most romantic quote is ultimately the one that speaks to your own story — browse our famous romantic love quotes section above to find the one that feels like it was written for you.

How do I choose the right romantic quote for my boyfriend or girlfriend?

Match the tone to the moment: playful and funny for everyday texts, deep and poetic for anniversaries or love letters. Think about what makes your relationship unique and pick a quote that echoes a shared memory. Our romantic quotes for him and romantic quotes for her sections above are organized to make this easy.

What are some short romantic quotes I can send by text?

Try “You are my today and all of my tomorrows,” “It’s always better when we’re together,” or “I never want to stop making memories with you.” Short, sincere, and straight from the heart — see our short romantic quotes section for dozens more.

Who wrote the most famous romantic love quotes?

William Shakespeare, Rumi, Pablo Neruda, Jane Austen, Victor Hugo, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning are among history’s most quoted voices on love. Modern favorites include Nicholas Sparks, John Green, and Maya Angelou. Explore them all in our famous romantic love quotes collection above.

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Love is the greatest story ever told — and every couple writes their own chapter. We hope these romantic quotes helped you find the perfect words for the person who holds your heart. Save your favorites, share them often, and never miss a chance to say “I love you.” After all, in the words of Dr. Seuss: “You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”