With dark raven paper and twinkling white ink, I wrote my heart in the night’s sky.
— Shannon L. AlderThere is no need searching for love, it cannot be found-it happens!
— Itohan EghideYour face is engraved in my mind. I can’t erase it. I don’t want to. Because as much as I hate you, I love you. And I love you unforgettably.
— Richelle E. GoodrichIt would be nice if the story ended differently - if he had burst into tears and professed his love for me; if he had said the same three words back and hugged me; if he had given it thought and then asked if we could try a relationship. But you know what? I said those three words to a boy who didn’t love me back, at least not in that way. He casually dropped a “love you” later on, and in a platonic ‘you have impacted my life’ way, he was telling the truth. But I knew. He had given it thought, and we were not on the same page. I built up all this courage to say “I love you” for the very first time, and I said those words to a person that couldn’t reciprocate them. But guess what? I don’t regret any of it.
— Stephen LovegroveYou are mine my precious.
— Eyden I.If you walk in any direction walk in the direction toward your greatest dream.
— Shannon L. AlderAnd sometimes being in love is not enough to make it work.
— Dominic RiccitelloA picture is worth a thousand words, but the way I paint I'm going to need to contact an editor. Even if I were to abstractly paint the phrase 'I love you,' it would be the visual equivalent of Joyce's Ulysses.-James Lee Schmidt and Jarod Kintz.
— James Lee SchmidtWhat would I have wanted to say if I had had the opportunity to see him one more time? I would like to think that I would have kept it simple and said, “I love you,” then just held his hand in silence, letting that thought linger in the space of the time we had left together.
— Lisa J. ShultzBet you can't even name one romantic movie you like,' she teased.She felt smug when a few minutes went by and Oliver was still unable to name one romantic movie he could profess to enjoy.The Empire Strikes Back,' Oliver finally declared, tapping his horn at a Prius that wandered over the line.The Empire Strikes Back? The Star Wars movie? That's not romantic!' Schuyler huffed, fiddling with the air conditioner controls.Au contraire, my dear, it's very romantic. The last scene, you know, when they're about to put Han in that freezing cryogenic chamber or whatever? Remember?'Schuyler mmm-hmmmed.And Leia leans over the ledge and says, 'I love you.''That's cheesy, not romatic,' Schuyler argued, although she did like that part.Let me explain. What's romantic is what Han says back. Remember what he says to her? After she says 'I love you'?'Schuyler grinned. Maybe Oliver had a point. 'Han says, 'I know.''Exactly,' Oliver tapped the wheel. 'He doesn't have to say anything so trite as 'I love you.' Because that's already understood. And that's romantic.
— Melissa de la Cruz