Leo Tolstoy

All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

I simply want to live; to cause no evil to anyone but myself.

I’m like a starving man who has been given food. Maybe he’s cold, and his clothes are torn, and he’s ashamed, but he’s not unhappy.

The strongest of all warriors are these two – Time and Patience.

The best stories don’t come from ‘good vs. bad’ but ‘good vs. good.’

All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.

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

Love can be hard. Love requires you to be kind when you are angry, patient when you feel anxious, compassionate when you judge others, caring when you feel apathetic, trust when you’ve been wronged, let go when you want to hold on, know that the other person is you, take risks when you’re scared, to always see the lesson and never look back once you’ve decided. – Jackson Kiddard

Unconditional love really exists in each of us. It is part of our deep inner being. It is not so much an active emotion as a state of being. It’s not ‘I love you’ for this or that reason, not ‘I love you if you love me.’ It’s love for no reason, love without an object.

To the people who love you, you are beautiful already. This is not because they’re blind to your shortcomings but because they so clearly see your soul. Your shortcomings then dim by comparison. The people who care about you are willing to let you be imperfect and beautiful, too.

When she laughed she was beautiful, when she cried she was beautiful, but, when she was determined she was sexy as hell.

You’ll never get away from the sound of the woman that loves you.

I won’t take anyone down if I crawl tonight. But I still let everyone down when I change in size.

A man in love is like a clipped coupon – it’s time to cash in!

It doesn’t matter if you have a valentine or not – just love yourself and be your own.

To get rid of an enemy one must love him.

I never met a woman I didn’t like. I love ’em all, in their different ways.

I always loved you, and if one loves anyone, one loves the whole person, just as they are and not as one would like them to be. -Dolly (Anna Karenina)

I hope you find a love. Your own designs of love.

My father, soft as rainclouds, my mother, hard as hail, prepared me to take the world by storm.

A soulmate is someone who has locks that fit our keys, and keys to fit our locks.