Deb Caletti: Quotes about love

“That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable.”

“I shouldn't have to be a liar to make someone love me. I shouldn't be so afraid of losing someone that I'll do anything to make them stay.”

“Those questions you have? Whether he's the one, whether you feel about him the way you should, or whether the relationship is going okay? When you're not sure whether you're in love with someone or not, the answer is not.”

“Love can come when you're already who you are, when you're filled with you. Not when you look to someone else to fill the empty space.”

“It took me years to figure out that upset was upset, and tumultuousness was not the same thing as passion. Love isn't drama.”

“The most basic and somehow forgettable thing is this: Love is not pain. Love is goodness. And real love--it's less shiny than solid and simple.”

“Maybe I was being too picky. Maybe I didn't want to be close to anyone. Maybe I'd just be the type who couldn't feel love all the way or something. I couldn't tell what was wrong, but what was wrong was that it just wasn't right.”

“To an untrained eye, need and love were as easily mistaken for each other as the real master's painting and a forgery.”

“It's shocking the things we call love.”

“They say religion is about love, but you wonder how much of it really is about fear.”

“So I put up with bad behavior in the name of loving the way I thought you were supposed to love.”

“Too often in my life, love has been defined as "humiliation with occasional roses".”

“The most basic and somehow forgettable thing is this: Love is not pain. Love is goodness.”

“She would bring you some great book because she was a book matchmaker, because she loved books the way other girls loved clothes.”