“What I am is what I am. Are you what you are — or what?”

“I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you”

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861) English poet, author

“I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out.”

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861) English poet, author

“If I never see you again
I will always carry you
inside
outside

on my fingertips
and at brain edges

and in centers
centers
of what I am of
what remains.”

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer

“If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?”

Erma Bombeck (1927–1996) When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent le…

“What about you? Are you happiest and saddest right now that you've ever been?" "Of course I am." "Why?" "Because nothing makes me happier and nothing makes me sadder than you.”

Nicole Krauss The History of Love

“If I know what love is, it is because of you.”

Hermann Hesse book Narcissus and Goldmund

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”

Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during British-ruled India

“You are what you love, not what loves you.”

Charlie Kaufman (1958) American screenwriter

“Love is not what you do. Love is what you are.”

Sadhguru (1957) Yogi, mystic, visionary and humanitarian