Love is what you've been through with somebody.
- James Thurber

I like not only to be loved, but to be told I am loved.
- George Eliot

It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.
- Samuel Butler

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes

Love cures people, both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
- Dr. Karl Enage

Love does not die easily. It is a living thing. It thrives in the face of all of life's hazards, save one - neglect.
- James D. Bryden

The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we can never give enough of is love.
- Henry Miller

Infantile love follows the principle: "I love because I am loved."
Mature love follows the principle: "I am loved because I love."
Immature love says: "I love you because I need you."
Mature love says: "I need you because I love you."
- Erich Fromm

There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.
- George Sand

If you have love in your life it can make up for a great many things you lack. If you don't have it, no matter what else there is, it's not enough.
- Ann Landers