CURATED COLLECTION

What Real Love Looks Like

Love is not what the movies promised — it is stranger, quieter, harder, and more worth it.

24 quotes found

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When you are absent, my nights are long; when you are near, the day is gone too soon.

—Wallada bint al-MustakfiPoet & Caliph

Medieval ERA • MENA

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Mi alma quiere irse de mi cuerpo, por un beso.

—Delmira AgustiniPoet

Early Modern ERA • Latin America

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My tears are proof of my love; without love, what need is there for tears?

—FuzuliPoet

Renaissance ERA • MENA

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Love is not about possession, but sacrifice. It demands everything, gives tirelessly.

—Chiung YaoNovelist

Post-War ERA • East Asia

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Let me begin again. Let me put down my guns.

—Ocean VuongPoet & Novelist

Digital Age ERA • North America

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Love is a dangerous thing, a fragile thing, but it is all we have.

—Bienvenido SantosNovelist & Writer

Post-War ERA • Southeast Asia

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I have lived my life in the gap between your heartbeat and mine.

—Amrita PritamPoet & Novelist

Late Modern ERA • South Asia

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How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you.

—Rupi KaurPoet

Digital Age ERA • South Asia

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Document the moments that you feel most in love with yourself.

—Warsan ShirePoet

Digital Age ERA • East Africa

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Love is an attempt to penetrate another being, but it can only be realized if the surrender is mutual.

—Octavio PazPoet, Diplomat & Essayist

Post-War ERA • Latin America

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Take me now while it is early and I carry the bouquet of my first violets.

—Juana de IbarbourouPoet

Early Modern ERA • Latin America

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If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.

—Jane AustenNovelist

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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To my lover I say: You are my heart’s desire, and my soul's refuge.

—Wallada bint al-MustakfiPoet & Caliph

Medieval ERA • MENA

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I'm ready to suffer, I'm ready to hope.

—Sade AduScholar & Thinker

Late Modern ERA • West Africa

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There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.

—George SandNovelist

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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To be loved is to be seen.

—Ocean VuongPoet & Novelist

Digital Age ERA • North America

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A tear dried in the eye is more painful than one that falls.

—PremchandWriter

Early Modern ERA • South Asia

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I love you with two loves: a selfish love and a love worthy of you.

—Rabia al-AdawiyyaMystic & Poet

Medieval ERA • MENA

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We don't need to be perfect to be loved. We need to be human.

—Alain de BottonAuthor & Philosopher

Digital Age ERA • Western Europe

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We are guilty for all we did not love enough.

—Gabriela MistralPoet, Diplomat & Author

Early Modern ERA • Latin America

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