“The object of love is the best and most beautiful. Try to live up to it.” – John Steinbeck

“Those who give have all things; they who withhold have nothing.” – Hindu Proverb

“When someone loves you, it’s like having a blanket all round your heart.” – Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones’s Diary

“There are very few of us who have heart enough to be really in love without encouragement.” – Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our natural lives. – C.S. Lewis

“The pleasure of love is in loving. We are happier in the passion we feel than in that we inspire.” – Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“We live in the world when we love it.” – Rabindranath Tagore

“Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.” – Elbert Hubbard

“A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.” – Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan

“If it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.” – Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina