Although you certainly don't need to use Valentine's Day as an excuse to share your feelings or utter a romantic saying to your partner, February 14 does happen to be a good opportunity to let your more amorous flag fly. While you may be busy creating a unique date night, choosing a spectacular outfit, DIYing decorations, or shopping for the perfect present for your new boyfriend or galentine, we generally find that it's your words that make the biggest difference on Valentine's Day, and beyond. So if you're searching for inspiration to write that cute note, we've curated a list of some of the most romantic love quotes. Whisper these sweet nothings to your paramour, or, ya know use them as an Instagram caption. The choice is yours.
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Winnie the Pooh
“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you," said Winnie the Pooh in Pooh’s Little Instruction Book.
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2
Sophocles
The ancient Greek tragedian wrote in his play Oedipus at Colonus, "One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love."
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Nora Ephron
"I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night," wrote the late filmmaker and author Nora Ephron in the screenplay for her movie When Harry Met Sally.
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4
Haruki Murakami
"If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets," wrote the internationally bestselling Japanese novelist in his book Kafka on the Shore.
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5
Maya Angelou
“I am grateful to have been loved and to be loved now and to be able to love, because that liberates. Love liberates," said the late civil rights activist and poet during Oprah's Master Class.
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6
Beyoncé
In her song "Die With You" the pop culture icon sings, "Darling I wake up just to sleep with you / I open my eyes so I could see with you / And I live so I can die with you."
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Oprah Winfrey
“When you make loving others the story of your life, there's never a final chapter, because the legacy continues," Lady O wrote in her What I Know For Sure column in the February 2004 issue of O, the Oprah Magazine.
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Maya Angelou
The late, great civil rights activist and author wrote in her poem Touched By An Angel: “In the flush of love’s light / we dare be brave / and suddenly we see / that love costs all we are / and will ever be. / Yet it is only love / which sets us free."
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9
Elton John
"I hope you don’t mind / That I put down in words / How wonderful life is while you’re in the world,” sang the award-winning British musician in "Your Song".
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10
Céline Dion
In her song "Because You Loved Me" the five-time Grammy award winning singer wrote, "Maybe I don’t know that much / But I know this much is true / I was blessed because I was loved by you."
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Michelle Obama
“This is the beauty of finding a partner that you really love and respect, because after all the highs and lows and ups and downs, we have each other, which makes the journey worth it,” said former First Lady Michelle Obama in an interview with our editor-at-large Gayle King.
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Mariah Carey
"I am thinking of you / In my sleepless solitude tonight / If it’s wrong to love you / Then my heart just won’t let me be right," the chart-topping singer says in her song "My All."
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13
Edgar Allen Poe
"We loved with a love that was more than love," wrote the influential American poet in Annabel Lee.
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John Legend
"'Cause all of me / Loves all of you / Love your curves and all your edges / All your perfect imperfections," wrote the singer-songwriter in the lyrics to his iconic song, “All Of Me”.
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15
Bruno Mars
In his song "Just The Way You Are" the 11-time Grammy award-winning musician said: "When I see your face / There’s not a thing that I would change / ‘Cause you’re amazing / Just the way you are."
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16
Adele
In her song "Make You Feel My Love," the 31-year-old English singer writes, "When the rain is blowing in your face / And the whole world is on your case / I could offer you a warm embrace / To make you feel my love."
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Nicholas Sparks
“In one respect I have succeeded as gloriously as anyone who’s ever lived: I’ve loved another with all my heart and soul; and to me, this has always been enough,” wrote the young adult fiction writer in his novel-turned movie, The Notebook.
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Beyoncé
"Everywhere I'm looking now / I'm surrounded by your embrace / Baby, I can see your halo / You know you're my saving grace / You're everything I need and more / It's written all over your face / Baby, I can feel your halo / Pray it won't fade away," sang the music legend with over 70 Grammy nominations, in her song "Halo."
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The Victorian era poet wrote in Sonnet 43, "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. / I love thee to the depth and breadth and height / My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight / For the ends of being and ideal grace."
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Elvis Presley
“Take my hand, take my whole life too / For I can’t help falling in love with you," sang the rock-n-roll legend in "Can’t Help Falling In Love."
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