Romantic Inspiration From Quotes About Love

From Miss Meg Ryan's heartwarming on-screen romances to the raw portrayal of love in real life, the power of love to uplift and sustain us through life's darkest place can be undeniable. Whether in a bad mood or seeking to reignite a good mood, reading the most romantic love quotes can offer a sense of hope and inspiration.

Love quotes from movies and other media often remind us that despite the complexities of life, there can always be a remaining strength within us to fiercely love and be a better person for it. But when love quotes aren’t enough to resolve real-life problems, online therapy can be a helpful tool that empowers you to get the professional help you deserve.

Enduring love

According to a recent study, some essential factors in a couple staying together for a long time may include effective communication, flexibility, adaptability, and the emotional and physical aspects of the relationship.

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

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

• “Love is more than a noun – it is a verb; it is more than a feeling – it is caring, helping, sacrificing.” — William Arthur Ward

• “Love is the emblem of eternity; it confounds all notion of time; effaces all memory of a beginning, all fear of an end.” — Madame de Stael

• “The best love is the kind that awakens the soul; that makes us reach for more, that plants the fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. That’s what I hope to give you forever.” — Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

• "I hope that nobody has ever had to look at anybody they love through glass." – If Beale Street Could Talk

• "I wanna make you smile whenever you're sad. Carry you around when your arthritis is bad. All I wanna do is grow old with you." – The Wedding Singer

The funny side of love

Researchers at the University of Kansas suggest that people looking for love should generally bypass pickup lines and work on their punchlines, as humor can be a vital aspect of romantic attraction. The information shows a potential link between humor and extroversion, which may make it easier to form new relationships. 

• “Love is like pi – natural, irrational, and very important.” — Lisa Hoffman

• “I love you more than coffee, but please don’t make me prove it.” — Elizabeth Evans

• “We’re all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness—and call it love—true love.” — Robert Fulghum

• Can officially confirm that the way to a man's heart these days is not through beauty, food, sex, or alluringness of character, but merely the ability to seem not very interested in him.” ― Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones's Diary

Romantic quotes

When you’re in love, your brain usually floods your system with the “love hormone” oxytocin. Spending more time with your partner—in or out of the bedroom—can increase your hormone levels and make your feelings of love and romance more intense.   

• “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. I love you for the part of me that you bring out.” —  Elizabeth Barrett Browning

• “I love you. I knew it from the moment I saw you. I'm sorry it took me so long to catch up.” ― Matthew Quick, The Silver Linings Playbook

• "What is it you want, Mary? What do you want? 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

• “Come live in my heart, and pay no rent.” — Samuel Lover

• "I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul.” — Pablo Neruda

• “To have her here in bed with me, breathing on me, her hair in my mouth — I count that something of a miracle.” –Henry Miller

• “Do I love you? My God, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches.” — William Goldman, The Princess Bride

• “You have bewitched me, body and soul, and I love, I love, I love you." – Pride and Prejudice

• “I think,” I say after a while, waiting for the right words to come, “that if a man could be said to be loved by his son, then I think that man could be considered great.” ― Daniel Wallace, Big Fish

• “Love takes off the masks we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.” — James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time

Uplifting and hopeful love

Romantic love can bring many things into your life, including support and opportunities for growth and learning. Recent research suggests that healthy, loving relationships can benefit you, your partner, and the relationship as a whole. 

• “People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that’s what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.” — Elizabeth Gilbert

• Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each includes the other, each is enriched by the other.” — Felix Adler

• “Where there is love, there is life.” — Mahatma Gandhi

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

Love and pain

Love can carry you to incredible heights, but that may mean it also has the power to cause you significant pain when it ends. A recent study modeled depression-like symptoms after the end of a romantic relationship, finding that situational depression after a breakup can be a viable way to examine depression in those without a psychiatric disorder. 

• “Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness, errors, and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.” — Anais Nin

• “In the end, we discover that to love and let go can be the same thing.” — Jack Kornfield

• “Pleasure of love lasts but a moment. The pain of love lasts a lifetime.” — Bette Davis

• “It’s amazing how someone can break your heart, and you can still love them with all the little pieces.” — Ella Harper

• “Love is so short, forgetting is so long.” — Pablo Neruda

• “To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully around with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.” — C.S. Lewis

• I can't go to sleep, I can't breathe, I can't eat. And I love you so much." – Sweet Home Alabama

Love and romance

After studying functional MRI brain scans of people in love as they were shown pictures of their partners, researchers at Harvard Medical School suggested that romantic love may be connected to the fundamental biological nature of humanity.  

• “I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity, and her flaming self-respect. And it’s these things I’d believe in, even if the whole world indulged in wild suspicions that she wasn’t all she should be. I love her, and it is the beginning of everything.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald

• “For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love.” — Carl Sagan

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

• “To love is to burn, to be on fire.” — Jane Austen

• “You have bewitched me body and soul, and I love, I love, I love you. And wish from this day forth never to be parted from you.” ― Jane Austen

• “You had me at ‘hello.’” — Cameron Crowe's Jerry Maguire

• "If you love someone, you say it, right then, out loud. Otherwise, the moment just passes you by." – My Best Friend's Wedding

• “To fall in love with someone's thoughts - the most intimate, splendid romance.” ― Sanober Khan

• “As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.” ― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

Inspirational quotes

• “The need for love lies at the very foundation of human existence.” — Dalai Lama

• “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” — Martin Luther King Jr.

• “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” — Lao Tzu

• “Medicine, law, business, engineering, these are all noble pursuits, and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.” — Dead Poets Society

• “I don't want to sound foolish, but remember love is what brought you here. And if you've trusted love this far, don't panic now. Trust it all the way.” — If Beale Street Could Talk

How therapy can help if it’s not such a wonderful life and steps to take

While your brain chemistry may have much to do with your feelings of love and romance, your thoughts and emotions related to your partner can also play crucial roles. Love is not a fairy tale. There can be unhealthy ways to express your love and accept love from others. If you’re concerned about your romantic habits, consider speaking to a licensed therapist online. Many patients prefer receiving treatment from home and enjoy the significantly reduced costs and wait times. 

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is frequently used to help people identify harmful or negative thought patterns and behaviors and replace them with healthier choices. Recent studies indicate that online CBT treatments can be as effective as face-to-face sessions.