“you can't deny they ever happened. You can't deny you ever loved them, love them still, even if loving them causes you pain”

“But you can't marry someone to fix him, even if you love them.”

Patricia Briggs book Bone Crossed

“It's usually the selfish people who are loved the most. They do what you deny yourself, and you love them for it. You give them your heart.”

Saul Bellow (1915–2005) Canadian-born American writer

“You can't judge who you love the most by how long you love them.”

Jenny Han book P.S. I Still Love You

“And if those children are unresponsive, maybe you can't teach them yet, but you can love them. And if you love them today, maybe you can teach them tomorrow.”

Jeffrey R. Holland (1940) Mormon leader

“If you love someone, truly love them, you should never cause them pain. Never fill their eyes with something so close to grief.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book The Killing Dance

“You can't make people love you but you can make them fear you”

Cecily von Ziegesar (1970) American writer

“Is it a crime when you love someone so much that you can't stand the thought of them changing? Is it a crime when you love someone so much that you can't see clearly?”

Jodi Picoult (1966) Author

“There's a pleasure to loving someone even when you know there's no chance in them loving you back. The pain I felt let me know I was still alive.”

Gabrielle Zevin (1977) American writer

“You can't hate someone until you know what it might be like to love them.”

Jodi Picoult (1966) Author