“I am in you and you in me, mutual in divine love.”

William Blake · Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion, 1820

“To love another person is to see the face of God.”

Victor Hugo · Les Miserables, 1862

“The heart wants what it wants, or else it does not care.”

Emily Dickinson · Letter to Mrs. Joseph Haven, 1852

“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 · The History of Love, 2005

“I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone.”

J.R.R. Tolkien · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, 2001 film adaptation

“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”

Emily Bronte · Wuthering Heights, 1847

“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.”

Audrey Hepburn

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride.”

Pablo Neruda · Sonnet XVII, 100 Love Sonnets, 1960

“Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate.”

William Shakespeare · Sonnet 18, c. 1609

“I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough.”

Nicholas Sparks · The Notebook, 1996

“You have bewitched me, body and soul, and I love, I love, I love you.”

Jane Austen · Pride and Prejudice, 1813

“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 Garcia Marquez · Love in the Time of Cholera, 1985