“I thought about how love was always the thing that did that - smashed into you, left you raw. The deeper you loved, the deeper it hurt.”

“I will remember the kisses, our lips raw with love,
and how you gave me everything you had
and how I offered you what was left of me.”

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer

“How is it that the poets have said so many fine things about our first love, so few about our later love? Are their first poems their best? Or are not those the best which come from their fuller thought, their larger experience, their deeper-rooted affections?”

George Eliot book Adam Bede

“Life's harder, the deeper you feel things.”

John Marsden (1950) author

“I love everything about you that hurts.”

Patrick Marber Closer

“Last time I saw you, I said that it hurt too much to love you. But I was wrong about that. The truth is it hurts too much not to love you”

Kristin Cast (1986) American writer

“Last time I saw you, I said that it hurt too much to love you. But I was wrong about that. The truth is it hurts too much not to love you.”

P. C. Cast (1960) American writer

“Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself.”

Leo Buscaglia (1924–1998) Motivational speaker, writer

“Most things disappoint till you look deeper.”

Graham Greene (1904–1991) English writer, playwright and literary critic

“How can I love you if I don't know what hurts you?”

Julius Lester (1939–2018) American author