“Love is about bottomless empathy, born out of the heart’s revelation that another person is every bit as real as you are.” – Jonathan Franzen

“Watch out for each other. Love everyone and forgive everyone, including yourself. Forgive your anger. Forgive your guilt. Your shame. Your sadness. Embrace and open up your love, your joy, your truth, and most especially your heart.” – Jim Henson

“Self-love is a part of love just as self-interest is a part of friendship.” – George Sand, Indiana

“The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit your own image. If in loving them, we do not love what they are, but only their potential likeness to ourselves, then we do not love them. We only love the reflection of ourselves we find in them.” – Thomas Merton

“When we feed and support our own happiness, we are nourishing our ability to love. That’s why to love means to learn the art of nourishing our happiness.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.” – Simone Weil

“Those who feel lovable, who love, and who experience belonging simply believe they are worthy of love and belonging.” – Brene Brown

“I always deserve the best treatment because I never put up with any other.” – Jane Austen, Emma

“We have to recognize that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.” – Cornel West

“Love’s gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted.” – Rabindranath Tagore