Love has inspired countless words and expressions throughout history, capturing the essence of connection, passion, and commitment. Whether you're looking for the perfect quote to share with your partner or simply want to celebrate the beauty of romance, this curated collection of the top 86 romantic couples quotes offers heartfelt reflections and timeless sentiments. From poetic thoughts to heartfelt declarations, these quotes beautifully express the many facets of love shared between two people.
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. “He is the cheese to my macaroni.” - Diablo Cody
3. “What greater thing is there for two human souls, than to feel that they are joined for life--to strengthen each other in all labor, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in all pain, to be one with each other in silent unspeakable memories at the moment of the last parting?” - George Eliot
4. “One's not half of two; two are halves of one.” - E.E. Cummings
5. “Lately I can't help wanting usto be like other people.For example, if I were a smoker,you'd lift a match to the cigarettejust as I put it between my lips.It's never been like thatbetween us: none of thateasy chemistry, no quick, half automaticflares. Everything between ushad to be learned.Saturday finds me broodingbehind my book, all my fantasiesof seduction run upagainst the rocks.Tell me againwhy you don't likesex in the afternoon?No, don't tell me--I'll never understand younever understand us, America's strangestloving couple: they neverdrink a bottle of wine togetherand rarely look at each other.Into each other's eyes, I mean.” - Deborah Garrison
6. “Heaven set couples for babies' birth.” - Toba Beta
7. “We should meet in another life, we should meet in air, me and you.” - Sylvia Plath
8. “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
9. “About halfway through I broke down crying, which I hadn't expected. I was a little ashamed, but only a little;it was her, you see, and she never taxed me with the times that I slipped from the way I thought a man should be...the way I thought I should be, at any rate. A man with a good wife is the luckiest of God's creatures, and one without must be among the most miserable, I think, the only true blessing of their lives that they don't know how poorly off they are.” - Stephen King
10. “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
11. “Why is it that the right people never wind up together? Why are people so afraid to leave a relationship, even if they know it's a bad one?” - Stephanie Perkins
12. “Romeo wouldn’t change his mind. That’s why people still remembered his name, always twined with hers” - Stephenie Meyer
13. “Do you know what it's like to love someone so much, that you can't see yourself without picturing her? Or what it's like to touch someone, and feel like you've come home? What we had wasn't about sex, or about being with someone just to show off what you've got, the way it was for other kids our age. We were, well, meant to be together. Some people spend their whole lives looking for that one person. I was lucky enough to have her all along.” - Jodi Picoult
14. “There was a lot about Kim and J.P. he didn't get.... he was confused by their lack of romance. As a father, he was at times grateful for that missing intensity, but as a man who liked to surprise his wife with flowers, it baffled him. Maybe he was old-fashioned, but to him a couple meant a strong bond, with positive and negative charges constantly arcing between them. He'd never seen Kim and J.P. kiss, let alone argue.” - Stewart O'Nan
15. “I've tried that love thing for the last time. My heart says no, no! Nobody's supposed to be here, but you came along and changed my mind” - Deborah Cox
16. “So I placed my heart under lock and key To take some time, and take care of me But I turn around and you're standing here” - Deborah Cox
17. “Why be alone when we can be together babyYou can make my life worthwhileAnd I can make you start to smile” - Mr. Big
18. “I don't know why you care. He doesn't even know you're there” - NSYNC
19. “Take my hand and we'll make it - I swear” - Bon Jovi
20. “But you're so busy changing the worldJust one smile can change all of mine” - Jack Johnson
21. “you're an expert at sorry and keeping the lines blurry” - Taylor Swift
22. “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
23. “Relationships dont always make sense. Especially from the outside” - Sarah Dessen
24. “Love is a good thing on a bad day, when the last thing you want is to be cheered up.” - Chad Sugg
25. “because being with you makes perfect sense” - Tim McGraw
26. “...we can say we love each other if my life is better because you're in it and your life is better because I'm in it.” - Chris Crutcher
27. “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
28. “How dare you say it's nothing to me?Baby, you're the only light I ever saw.” - John Mayer
29. “We kiss all the time." I clear my throat, then add, "We just...do it in private." "A smug expression crosses his face. "I don't buy it for a second, 'cause if you were my girlfriend and a stud like me was livin' in your house, I'd kiss you in front of the guy every chance I got as a reminder." "A reminder of w-w-what?" "That you were mine.” - Simone Elkeles
30. “Ah, clear they see and true they sayThat one shall weep, and one shall stray” - Dorothy Parker
31. “I know my heart will never be the sameBut I'm telling myself I'll be okay” - Sara Evans
32. “Thought I couldn't live without youIt's gonna hurt when it heals tooEven though I really love youI'm gonna smile cause I deserve toQuickly I'm learning to love againAll I know is I'mma be ok” - Leona Lewis
33. “Some things a heart won't listen to, I'm still holding out for you” - SHeDAISY
34. “I've been burdened with blame trapped in the past for too long, I'm moving on” - Rascal Flatts
35. “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
36. “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
37. “You asked why I couldn't forgive you," Nick said, very quietly, and I jumped a little. "It was because you were the love of my life, Harper. And you didn't want to be. That's hard to let go.” - Kristan Higgins
38. “I'm oxygen and he's dying to breathe.” - Tahereh Mafi
39. “This is one rule about mixing boys and girls: that a date always comes first.” - Elizabeth Berg
40. “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
41. “Words I ONCE HEARD A MAN SAY OR WAS IT SOMEWHERE I READ, OR MAYBE SOMETHING I WROTE A THOUSAND TIMES IN MY MIND. YOU GOT TO FIND YOUR OWN MEANING IN THIS WORLD. NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU CHANGED, YOU STILL HAVE TO PAY THE PRICE FOR THE THINGS YOU HAVE DONE. AS I CONTINUE ON MY JOURNEY OR WHAT SOME CALL THE LONG ROAD OF LIFE I KNOW I WILL REMEMBER THAT SPECIAL YOU.KNOWING I WILL SEE YOU FOREVER IN MY DREAMS IN THIS WORLD OR THE NEXT.” - Don S. McClure
42. “time made me stronger, you're no longer on my mind” - Boyz II Men
43. “Because you let our love just fall apartYou no longer have my heart” - Boyz II Men
44. “My mother insured that a life of petty facts and dutiful farming was kept at bay by her passionate intensity, which nurtured the essential dreaminess of his nature” - Josephine Hart
45. “Arik and Cadie always knew they wouldn't be one of those couples that let problems between them fester. They would immediately address any issues that arose, bring them out into the open, discuss them until they reached a mutually satisfactory conclusion. They felt bad for some of the Founders who they believed had unhappy marriages — couples who were not strong enough to be truthful and open with each other, and even worse, with themselves” - Christian Cantrell
46. “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
47. “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
48. “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
49. “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
50. “You could start a fire with the heat between you two.""You're mistaking bitter animosity for heartfelt affection.” - Michelle Hodkin
51. “I was going to kiss him, and I was going to regret it. But at that moment, I couldn't bring myself to care.” - Michelle Hodkin
52. “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
53. “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
54. “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
55. “Noah's eyes held my face. I swallowed hard. The juxtaposition of him sitting in a room full of people while staring at no one but me was overwhelming. Something shifted inside of me at the intimacy of us, eyes locked amid the scraping of twenty graphite pencils on paper.I shaded his face out of nothingness. I smudged the slope of his neck and darkened his delinquent mouth, while the lights accented the right angle of his jaw against the cloudy sky outside. I did not hear the bell. I did not hear the other students rise and leave the room. I did not even notice that Noah no longer sat at the stool.” - Michelle Hodkin
56. “I laughed as I twisted to face him and raised my arm to hit in one move. He caught my wrist and my laugh caught in my throat. A mischievous grin curved my mouth as I raised my other hand to hit him. He reached over me and caught that wrist too, gently pinning my arms above my head as he straddled my hips. The space between us boiled my blood.” - Michelle Hodkin
57. “I was warned about you, you know."And with that half-smile that wrecked me, Noah said, "But you're here anyway.” - Michelle Hodkin
58. “I hate you," I muttered.Noah smiled wider. "I know.” - Michelle Hodkin
59. “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
60. “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
61. “We fit, you and I,” he whispered looking into that haunting gaze. “Two broken pieces making a whole.” - Nalini Singh
62. “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
63. “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
64. “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
65. “One of the most difficult things he'd ever done was turn away and leave her standing in the shadows.” - Rachel Gibson
66. “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
67. “I felt tears prick my eyes as I looked down at the model again, looking at that girl and boy on the curb. Forever in that place, together.” - Sarah Dessen
68. “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
69. “The moment you put someone on a pedestal they will look down upon you. The trick is respecting each other equally.” - Teresa Mummert
70. “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
71. “ Love is a renewable resource” - Blanshard & Blanshard
72. “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
73. “Liz asked me the other day what I thought about twice baked potatoes. How the fuck should I know? Was I supposed to be thinking about twice baked potatoes all this time? Is this where I went wrong? Are grown men supposed to have an opinion about twice baked potatoes?” - Tara Sivec
74. “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
75. “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
76. “There are few couples as unhappy as those who are too proud to admit their unhappiness.” - P.D. James
77. “Trick.” I say a little louder.“Shhh, sleep baby.” He mumbles. I laugh and smack his arm.“Wake up. I can feel your morning wood.” This gets his attention and he sits up, taking me with him. The arms wrapped around my middle graze my breasts as he shifts up and a tingle shoots straight between my legs.“God, Caroline, I’m so...” He stops, probably realizing that he doesn't have morning wood, “I don't have...” He’s actually pretty cute all sleepy. He laughs.“I know but I couldn't figure out how else to get your attention.” I shrug.” - K. Larsen
78. “Winter is much like unrequited love; cold and merciless.” - Kellie Elmore
79. “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
80. “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
81. “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
82. “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
83. “Love is having someone to do nothing with.” - Melanie Cusick-Jones
84. “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
85. “As if reading her mind, he leaned into her again, pupils dark, irises glowing like a forest caught in the last rays of sun before dusk… “Do you want me to make you come?”“Is that a trick question?” - Dianna Hardy
86. “Watch me go. Watch me. Because you said i couldn't. Because you thought I wouldn't. Go on, cry now. Cry.” - Kellie Elmore
