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Quotes on love that hit the spot.
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Falling in love quotes.
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Love of my life quotes.
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Funny quotes on love.
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Lasting love quotes.
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How to turn love quotes into eye-catching designs.
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Short love quotes.
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“It's complicated” love quotes.
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Lost love quotes.
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Love yourself quotes.
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Love is all around.
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Quotes on love that hit the spot.

It’s hard to find the words. Love is something we feel but don’t see. It comes in as many manifestations as there are hearts to beat for it. These quotes on love collect wisdom on the subject from some of history’s most talented wordsmiths to help us express this wonderous feeling.

Use these quotes in cards or letters, posters or banners, or collages of quotes and photos. Organized from falling in love quotes to “love thyself” mantras, these quotes on love cover the gamut.

Falling in love quotes.

The first chapter is the moment we fall in love. That phrase itself captures part of its wonder: just as suddenly as we “fall ill” or “fall down,” we fall in love. These falling-in-love quotes put that sensation into other words. Some of them reflect the act of falling in love mutually. Others stoke the fire of an unrequited love.

For the most part, these quotes offer little capsules of that warm feeling that flushes around our hearts and lungs when we fall. Choose the quote that sums up your experience — and don’t be shy to use it in a card or letter to the one you’ve fallen for.

“Who, being loved, is poor?”
Oscar Wilde
“At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.”
Plato
“The very essence of romance is uncertainty.”
Oscar Wilde
“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.”
Jane Austen
“True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself.”
Honore de Balzac

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“Two hearts in love need no words.”
Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

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Love of my life quotes.

People also fall in love more than once. There are childhood loves and first loves, then an adult life with its own path of companionship. There’s only one “love of your life,” though, and when you meet that person, only these love of my life quotes will do.

Choose from these inspirational quotes to send a powerful message. Then, Adobe Express can help you use it in any letter, card, or collage that will be perfect for the moment.

“I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine.”
Song of Solomon
“I have found the one whom my soul loves.”
Song of Solomon
“I am yours, don't give myself back to me.”
Rumi
“I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul.”
Charles Dickens
“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.”
Jane Austen

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“Life is the flower for which love is the honey.”
Victor Hugo

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Funny quotes on love.

Sometimes love has us tied up in knots. It frequently has us confused. When the going gets rough — or simply too wonderful to stand — the only device left is laughter. Funny quotes on love give us the chance to release some of that nervous energy and touch on some of the quirky things about this shared experience.

Funny love quotes are often seen often in cards and letters on Valentine’s Day. They’re also passed around social media. You can also use them on banners and posters, too, because it’s worth making a show of getting a laugh.

“Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women like to be a man's last romance.”
Oscar Wilde
“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.”
Oscar Wilde

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Lasting love quotes.

The love that’s been around the block responds to different kinds of quotes. They’ve graduated from the falling to the fallen, from gazing at another to looking toward the horizon of a life together. Most classic love you quotes have already been shared over the many holidays and occasions. So, how do you recognize that love and still send a heartfelt message?

Take your pick of these lasting love quotes and put your love into words that endure — just like the two of you.

“The heart has its reasons, which reason knows nothing of.”
Blaise Pascal
“To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.”
Anne-Sophie Swetchine
“The only true gift is a portion of yourself.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds.”
William Shakespeare
“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”
Emily Brontë
“True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself.”
Honore de Balzac
“Love is the emblem of eternity.”
Madame de Staël
“Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be.”
Robert Browning

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How to turn love quotes into eye-catching designs.

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Place the quote in a prominent position. Try different fonts and layouts to make it attractive.
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Short love quotes.

Short love quotes: could this be the domain of short-lived love? No, these are love quotes that make succinct points about love. These are just what you need for banners, posters, or social media posts where space is limited.

It’s taken the cleverest writers and personalities to come up with love quotes that hit home, and these short love quotes do so instantaneously.

“We loved with a love that was more than love.”
Edgar Allan Poe
“Love conquers all.”
Virgil
“Love is the beauty of the soul.”
Saint Augustine
“Love is the poetry of the senses.”
Honore de Balzac

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“It's complicated” love quotes.

Love is messy. We sometimes fall in love with the wrong person or fall in love at the wrong time. Love is often unrequited, and when it is returned, it can be painful. Not every case of love fits into the Valentine’s Day mold.

These quotes talk about love inclusively. They send messages for those who are hurting, or confused, or feeling judged by everyone on the outside. Choose the quote that strikes the right notes and love will continue to rule the day — but by your definition.

“Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.”
Washington Irving
“When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving oneself, and one always ends by deceiving others.”
Oscar Wilde
“Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.”
William Shakespeare
“Love is a thing full of anxious fears.”
Ovid
“Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.”
Samuel Johnson
“Love is a familiar; love is a devil. There is no evil angel but Love.”
William Shakespeare
“The course of true love never did run smooth.”
William Shakespeare

Lost love quotes.

Heartbreak is as universal in love as love itself. At some point, most love comes to an end. Lost love quotes capture the pain and bottle it. They lock step with a plan to move on, even if they still drag the remnants of the hurt behind them.

In Spanish, heartbreak is called “desamor,” or the “undoing” of love, as though love were a pair of shoelaces whose knot falls out of place. These lost love quotes describe that feeling in deeply relatable ways.

“Parting is such sweet sorrow.”
William Shakespeare
“Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.”
Washington Irving
“The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.”
Charles Dickens
“Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.”
Alfred Lord Tennyson
“Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.”
Thomas Fuller
“Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.”
Alfred Lord Tennyson

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“Love comes unseen; we only see it go.”
Henry Austin Dobson

Love yourself quotes.

You have to love yourself before you can love another. Learn these quotes about loving yourself and commit your favorite ones to memory. Consider using one of them on a poster to act as a reminder you probably need.

The more you love yourself, the more you’ll have to give of yourself to the person you love. Choose the love yourself quote you think you could turn into a personal mantra.

“Self-love is the source of all our other loves.”
Pierre Corneille
“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.”
Oscar Wilde
“Self-love is not so vile a sin as self-neglecting.”
William Shakespeare
“He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.”
Benjamin Franklin

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“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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Love is all around.

These love quotes focus a lot on romantic love, but they aren’t all exclusive to it. Look at your favorite love quotes and pick the ones that make you think of:

That’s the funny thing about love: in English, we have just one word for it. In Spanish, there are two words to choose from (querer and amar). Ancient Greek had between four and six words, depending on who you ask. Sanskrit has 96 words for love.

Use these quotes about love any way you can. The world can never have too much love. Pick your favorites, then Adobe Express can help you turn them into cards, letters, banners, posters, collages, social posts, and more.

Exercise: An exercise in vulnerability.

In love, we make ourselves vulnerable. That means we open ourselves up to possible hurt to let love in.

Are you good at making yourself vulnerable? Do you open up too much, or not at all?

Many of the love quotes here touch on vulnerability, but they also talk about courage. These qualities are two sides of the same coin.

Whether it’s romantic love, a past love, or other kinds of love, there are quotes in this list that fit. Pick the quotes that make you think of specific people, then consider how you could share the quote with them. Would your crush be receptive to a card? Could a friend get warm and fuzzies if tagged in a social post?

Adobe Express can help.

Adobe Express has templates and customization tools to put your favorite love quotes to work. If you want to use love quotes in cards, letters, posters, banners, collages, or other creative projects, Adobe Express makes it as simple as picking a template and personalizing it, or making your own idea with easy-to-use tools. Whatever message you want to create, Adobe Express brings it to life, no experience required.

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