“And I'd be willing to bet that you were great at it, if only because you have to love something before you can hate it.”
More from Nicholas Sparks on Love
“It all comes down to who is by your side and who is willing to stand up for love even when it seems impossible.”
“EVERYONE MAKES MISTAKES, EVEN THE PERSONS WE LOVE.”
“What it's like to be a parent: It's one of the hardest things you'll ever do but in exchange it teaches you the meaning of unconditional love.”
“You're still alive. And that means you'll love and be loved...and in the end, nothing else really matters.”
“If there is a heaven we will find each other again, for there is no heaven without you.”
“For it is one thing to declare one's love for someone and quite another to accept that loving that person requires sacrificing one's dreams.”
“Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it.”
“The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it...”
“Gifts of the heart can't be claimed by anyone except the giver.”
“Love hurts. There is nothing as painful as heartbreak. But in order to learn to love again, you must learn to trust again.”
Others on Love
Atticus Poetry
20 quotes“From the moment I saw her I knew this onewas worththebroken heart.”
Pablo Neruda
19 quotes“I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.”
Leo Buscaglia
17 quotes“Love and self are one and the discovery of either is the realization of both”
Khalil Gibran
16 quotes“If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work.”
Lord Byron
16 quotes“Though I love my country I do not love my countrymen.”
Mother Teresa
15 quotes“Let us all smile at each other for a smile is the beginning of love.”
Rumi
14 quotes“Travel brings power and love back into your life.”
John Donne
14 quotes“Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.”
Shakespeare
14 quotes“Love comforteth like sunshine after rain.”
Gabriel García Márquez
13 quotes“One could be happy not only without love, but despite it.”
Balzac
13 quotes“Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt.”
Marianne Williamson
12 quotes“Love is the intuitive knowledge of our hearts.”