“But she was seventeen now and not actually dumb. She knew that you could love somebody more than anything and still not love the person all that much, if you were busy with other things.”

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novelist 1959

L.J. Smith (1965) American author

Source: Dark Visions

“I knew then that Jocelyn would never come back to me, because of you. You are the only thing in the world she ever loved more than she loved me. And because of that she hates me. And because of that, I hate the sight of you”

Cassandra Clare book City of Glass

Source: City of Glass

“Could you fall in love with her if she wasn't smarter than you? I mean, she may not be smarter than you. But isn't it important for you to think she is smarter than you in order to fall in love? Think now.”

Michael Ondaatje book The English Patient

Source: The English Patient

“She knew that he loved her above all else, more than anything in the world, but only for his own sake.”

Gabriel García Márquez book Love in the Time of Cholera

Source: Love in the Time of Cholera

“I would do anything for you. Anything."

With that, he pushed his way out… and as the door eased shut, she realized that I love you could indeed be said without actually uttering the phrase.

Actions did mean more than words.”

Jessica Bird (1969) U.S. novelist

Source: Lover Unleashed

“Maybe this is why Misty loved him. Loved you. Because you believed in her so much more than she did. You expected more from her than she did from herself.”

Chuck Palahniuk book Diary

Source: Diary

“This is love, she thought, isn't it? When you notice someone's absence and hate that absence more than anything? More, even, than you love his presence?”

Jonathan Safran Foer book Everything Is Illuminated

Source: Everything Is Illuminated

“She did love him, you know… It was a selfish, possessive love, but it was all she knew how to give.”

Orson Scott Card book Lovelock

Lovelock (1994)

“She wanted him to tell her that when you love someone so hard and so fierce, it was all right to do things that you knew were wrong.”

Jodi Picoult Plain Truth

Source: Plain Truth

“She was with me. She did all of those things and so many more, things I would never tell anyone, and she never even loved me. Now that’s love.”

Jonathan Safran Foer book Everything Is Illuminated

Source: Everything Is Illuminated

“But she was seventeen now and not actually dumb. She knew that you could love somebody more than anything and still not love the person all that much, if you were busy with other things.”

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