“You can't force love, I realized. It's there or it isn't. If it's not there, you've got to be able to admit it. If it is there, you've got to do whatever it takes to protect the ones you love.”

“Do you say that tree isn't pretty cause it doesn't look like that tree? We're all trees. You're a tree. I'm a tree. You've got to love your body, Eve. You've got to love your tree. Love your tree. (Leah)”

Eve Ensler (1953) American playwright, performer, feminist, activist and artist

“You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Notebook

“I know you loved her, but it's okay to let it go now. You know that, don't you? You've got to be able to let it go.”

Nicholas Sparks book Message in a Bottle

“Love while you've got
love to give.
Live while you've got
life to live.”

Piet Hein (1905–1996) Danish puzzle designer, mathematician, author, poet

“But compassion isn't about solutions. It's about giving all the love that you've got.”

Cheryl Strayed book Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

“Love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep on watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it.”

John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter

“We're One but We're not the same. Well, We hurt each other and We'll do it again. You say love is a temple, Love a higher law. Love is a temple, Love a higher law. You ask Me to enter, then You make Me crawl. And I can't be holding on to what you got, when all You've got is hurt.”

Bono (1960) Irish rock musician, singer of U2

“You know, sometimes you've got to trust the people you love. You've got to trust that if they're good people, they'll make good decisions.”

Janette Rallison (1966) American writer

“You love someone, you've got to let something go.”

Mark Haddon book A Spot of Bother