Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. —Louise Erdrich in The Painted Drum More about this quote Tags: solitude love life risk vulnerability heartbreak yearning Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It's not enough to find someone you love. You have to be ready for that love, and ready to make changes to welcome it into your life. —Uzma Jalaluddin in Ayesha at Last More about this quote Tags: love change welcoming Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Ultimately love is everything. —M. Scott Peck More about this quote Tags: love Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all. —Samuel Butler More about this quote Tags: love loss Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I can tell you that the pain of living is worth it. That if you live, your life will be as full of love as it is darkness, and for every moment of pain, you'll have one of joy too. —Emily Henry in The Love That Split the World More about this quote Tags: love living pain joy darkness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
In the end, the best we can hope for is that we've left our mark on the people who matter most to us, that we've loved them so well, a piece of us will forever remain a part of them. —Jennifer Ryan in Her Renegade Rancher More about this quote Tags: love hope forever Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email