In the spirit of Valentine's Day, here are 14 lovey dovey quotes from some of my most favorite people in the whole wide universe. Write them on your heart, your mirror, your pretty unlined paper with a pink pen. Every day is a celebration of love.
"Any love that is love is right." ~Francesca Lia Block
"To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance." ~Oscar Wilde
"I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul." ~Pablo Neruda
"I love you, that is a simple thing to say...but my spirit does not love yours, it is entwined with it." ~Sarah Waters
"Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love." ~Rainer Maria Rilke
"The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater." ~J.R.R. Tolkien
"I don't trust people who don't love themselves and tell me, 'I love you.' ... There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt." ~Maya Angelou
"It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done." ~Vincent Van Gogh
"Love one person, take care of them until you die. You know, raise kids. Have a good life. Be a good friend. And try to be completely who you are. And figure out what you personally love. And go after it with everything you've got no matter how much it takes." ~Angelina Jolie
"Marry yourself first - promise never to leave you!" ~SARK
"People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life." ~Elizabeth Gilbert
"When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are." ~Donald Miller
"Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided." ~Mae West
