56 Inspiring Quotes About Couples

In the journey of love, couples often find themselves navigating through a maze of emotions, experiences, and adventures. Whether you’re celebrating the small moments or facing life’s biggest challenges together, a well-chosen quote can offer comfort, inspiration, and perspective. Our handpicked selection of 56 inspiring quotes about couples is designed to capture the essence of partnership, reflecting the beauty and strength that come from two individuals united in love. Let these words inspire you to cherish the connections that enrich your life, as they remind us all of the remarkable power of love and togetherness.

1. “A great marriage is not when the 'perfect couple' comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.” - Dave Meurer

2. “Heaven set couples for babies' birth.” - Toba Beta

3. “We should meet in another life, we should meet in air, me and you.” - Sylvia Plath

4. “I wonder how many people don't get the one they want, but end up with the one they're supposed to be with.” - Fannie Flagg

5. “This is what we had become, after the first symbiotic year of our living together: a couple who needed another couple to be around.” - Emily Perkins

6. “I don't know why you care. He doesn't even know you're there” - NSYNC

7. “But you're so busy changing the worldJust one smile can change all of mine” - Jack Johnson

8. “Our eyelashes brushed like they would weave together by themselves, turning us into one wild thing. I say, “I think I missed you before I met you even.” - Francesca Lia Block

9. “Love is a good thing on a bad day, when the last thing you want is to be cheered up.” - Chad Sugg

10. “because being with you makes perfect sense” - Tim McGraw

11. “contiguous, adj.I felt silly for even mentioning it, but once I did, I knew I had to explain. "When I was a kid, "I had this puzzle with all fifty states on it--you know, the kind where you have to fit them all together. And one day I got it in my head that California and Nevada were in love. I told my mom, and she had no idea what I was talking about. I ran and got those two pieces and showed it to her--California and Nevada, completely in love. So a lot of the time when we're like this"--my ankles against the backs of your ankles, my knees fitting into the backs of your knees, my thighs on the backs of your legs, my stomach against your back, my chin folding into your neck--"I can't help but think about California and Nevada, and how we're a lot like them. If someone were drawing us from above as a map. that's what we'd look like; that's how we are." For a moment, you were quiet. And then you nestled in and whispered. "Contiguous." And I knew you understood.” - David Levithan

12. “misgivings, n.Last night, I got up the courage to ask you if you regretted us. "There are things I miss," you said. "But if I didn't have you, I'd miss more.” - David Levithan

13. “How dare you say it's nothing to me?Baby, you're the only light I ever saw.” - John Mayer

14. “Ah, clear they see and true they sayThat one shall weep, and one shall stray” - Dorothy Parker

15. “Even on my weakest daysI get a little bit stronger” - Sara Evans

16. “The way you move — you orient yourself around him without even thinking about it. When he moves, even a little bit, you adjust your position at the same time. Like magnets… or gravity. You’re like a… satellite, or something.” - Stephenie Meyer

17. “Some things a heart won't listen to, I'm still holding out for you” - SHeDAISY

18. “I've been burdened with blame trapped in the past for too long, I'm moving on” - Rascal Flatts

19. “Sometimes they were together so often that it felt as though they really were a couple; sometimes weeks and months would go by before they saw each other. But even as alcoholics are drawn to the state liquor store after a stint on the wagon, they always came back to each other.” - Steig Larssen

20. “When a clandestine couple kisses, it is much more likely that sex will immediately follow. This is because there is much more risk. Once you have kissed secretly, it is very difficult not to have sex. It would be impolite not to have sex. You have to show that you are serious about each other.” - Adam Thirlwell

21. “Every couple has ups and downs, every couple argues, and that’s the thing—you’re a couple, and couples can’t function without trust.” - Nicholas Sparks

22. “This is one rule about mixing boys and girls: that a date always comes first.” - Elizabeth Berg

23. “You once said you loved me. Do you still?"My sister is watching this exchange between us. She smiles warmly at me, giving me the strength to tell him the truth. "I never stopped loving you. Even when I tried desperately to forget you. I couldn't.” - Simone Elkeles

24. “Because you let our love just fall apartYou no longer have my heart” - Boyz II Men

25. “I twisted my arm to curl him behind me and he unfolded there, the two of us snuggled like quotation marks in his room full of words.” - Michelle Hodkin

26. “What would you do if I kissed you right now?"I stared at his beautiful face and his beautiful mouth and I wanted nothing more than to taste it. "I would kiss you back.” - Michelle Hodkin

27. “You want me as much as I want you. And all I want is you."My tongue warred with my mind. "Today," I whispered.Noah stood slowly, his body skimming mine as he rose. "Today. Tonight. Tomorrow. Forever.” - Michelle Hodkin

28. “Wait," I said as Noah slipped a book from a shelf and headed toward the door. "Where are you going?""To read?"But I don't want you to. "But I need to go home," I said, my eyes meeting his. "My parents are going to kill me.""Taken care of. You're at Sophie's house."I loved Sophie."So I'm...staying here?""Daniel's covering for you."I loved Daniel."Where's Katie?" I asked, trying to sound casual."Eliza's house."I loved Eliza."And your parents?" I asked."Some charity thing."I loved charity."So why are you going to read when I'm right here?” - Michelle Hodkin

29. “Is there any point asking what you're going to make me do on Sunday?''Not really.'Okay. 'Is there any point asking what you're going to do to me?'He grinned wickedly. 'Not really.'Fabulous. 'Does it involve the use of a safe word?''That will depend entirely on you.' Noah moved impossibly closer, just inches away. A few freckles disappeared into the scruff on his jaw. 'I'll be gentle,' Noah added. My breath caught in my throat as he looked at me from beneath those lashes, ruining me.I narrowed my eyes at him. 'You're evil.'In response, Noah smiled, and raised his finger to gently tap the tip of my nose. 'And you're mine,' he said, then walked away.” - Michelle Hodkin

30. “In my rush, I hadn’t tied my shoelaces. Noah was now tying them for me. He looked up at me through his dark fringe of lashes and smiled. The expression on his face melted me completely. I knew I had the goofiest grin plastered on my lips, and didn’t care. “There,” he said as he finished tying the laces on my left shoe. “Now you won’t fall.”Too late.” - Michelle Hodkin

31. “Have you kissed many boys before?" he asked quietly. His question brought my mind back into focus. I raised an eyebrow. "Boys? That's an assumption." Noah laughed, the sound low and husky. "Girls, then?""No.""Not many girls? Or not many boys?""Neither," I said. Let him make of that what he would."How many?" "Why—" "I am taking away that word. You are no longer allowed to use it. How many?" My cheeks flushed, but my voice was steady as I answered. "One." At this, Noah leaned in impossibly closer, the slender muscles in his forearm flexing as he bent his elbow to bring himself nearer to me, almost touching. I was heady with the proximity of him and grew legitimately concerned that my heart might explode. Maybe Noah wasn't asking. Maybe I didn't mind. I closed my eyes and felt Noah's five o' clock graze my jaw, and the faintest whisper of his lips at my ear."He was doing it wrong.” - Michelle Hodkin

32. “I was warned about you, you know."And with that half-smile that wrecked me, Noah said, "But you're here anyway.” - Michelle Hodkin

33. “I hate you," I muttered.Noah smiled wider. "I know.” - Michelle Hodkin

34. “So hand in hand they passed, the loveliest pair that ever since in love's embraces met -- Adam, the goodliest man of men since born his sons; the fairest of her daughters Eve.” - John Milton

35. “You want to take me to a movie?" I asked. "Well, not really," he said. "What I really want is for you to be my girlfriend. But I thought saying that might scare you off.” - Sarah Dessen

36. “We fit, you and I,” he whispered looking into that haunting gaze. “Two broken pieces making a whole.” - Nalini Singh

37. “As I walked inside, she turned around and headed for the end of the bed. Then she paused and turned to face me. She was wearing her Orchard Hill basketball T-shirt and sweatpants and she looked tired, but beautiful.” - Kieran Scott

38. “I missed you so much," she breathed.I tilted my head back and put my hands on her shoulders. I could hardly believe this was happening. I was finally getting to touch her. To kiss her. It was all happening. "I missed you, too.” - Kieran Scott

39. “There's something I have to say," I said seriously, looking her in the eye. She smiled. "Oookay." She was mocking me-mocking my tone-but I didn't care. "Okay. Here it is. I love you," I said. "And I never, ever wanted to hurt you. It's like, the number one thing I never want to do, but somehow, I keep doing it. And I'm sorry, I just...that's all I wanted to say all this time. All I was trying to do...with that thing with your dad, not telling you...was not to hurt you. And I'm sorry that I did. Alley stared at me. "And I'm sorry that I did it again. With the Chloe thing. Which was stupid. Like, really, really, stupid. And I-" "Can you just stop, for a second?" Ally said, holding up a hand. "What?" I said. "Can you say the first part again?" she asked, rolling her fingers around for a rewind. I racked my brain. "Um...I love you?" I said. "That's the part, Cuz I love you, too.” - Kieran Scott

40. “One of the most difficult things he'd ever done was turn away and leave her standing in the shadows.” - Rachel Gibson

41. “The thing about loving someone, is that yelling at them only feels good while you're doing it -- as soon as they're gone, all you want to do is take it all back” - Lauren Barnholdt

42. “Watching them, she realized they made so much sense together. Every look, every touch, was a reassurance, almost electric, as if they were shocking each other with every contact.” - Sarah Addison Allen

43. “The moment you put someone on a pedestal they will look down upon you. The trick is respecting each other equally.” - Teresa Mummert

44. “Don't ever say that, Fennrys," she said. "I don't ever want to hear you say that you don't deserve or you aren't worthy. You do. You are.” - Lesley Livingston

45. “ Love is a renewable resource” - Blanshard & Blanshard

46. “He hugged her tight, mixing their tears to be bottled and fermented, so they could be drunk on each other when this was all over.” - Pete Wentz

47. “My arm draped her shoulder; we both felt safe, as if we were a complete solar system unto ourselves, dangling in the sky, warm heated planets inside a universe of stars.-Richard” - Douglas Coupland

48. “Many families remain for years in the same place, though both husband and wife are sick of it, simply because there is neither complete division nor agreement between them.” - Leo Tolstoy

49. “There are few couples as unhappy as those who are too proud to admit their unhappiness.” - P.D. James

50. “Winter is much like unrequited love; cold and merciless.” - Kellie Elmore

51. “Give me this moment," Kahl said to me. I glanced up at him and couldn't fathom the depths of his taunting amber irises."You have it." "Be my angel... Leave with me," he whispered. In that moment, when thoughts of the boy I loved left me and fissures of pure bliss consumed me, I knew I was in trouble.” - Nadège Richards

52. “We had twenty eight days together but it feels like a lifetime. She’s right, without her it feels like I’m being strangled and fighting for air. I can’t just sit here day after day wishing I could at least see her face. -Colin” - K. Larsen

53. “She liked his unique smell, and it turned on all five of her senses, wanting to see him naked, touch him while naked, hear him as he moaned while he made love, taste his skin, and feel his naked body as she seduced him with the trailing of hungry fingers.” - Keira D. Skye

54. “Can I kiss you?” And she would let him, lightly on her lips, a moment of brief anticipation. “Your kisses are like sugar woman.” He would tell her affectionately. “So sweet.” He would close in on her and then ask softly, “Please spend the night with me.” - Keira D. Skye

55. “I know this guy. All his life he loved this girl who was perfect in every way but just when he finally convinced her to be his and they’re deliriously happy, he went and messed everything up.”Henry to Elsie-book 5” - June Gray

56. “The one thing you should never do to a woman, whether you make love to her or fuck her, is apologise straight after.” - Dianna Hardy