“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.”
  William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night"s Dream

“I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I"ve led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I"ve loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough..”
  Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

“You love me. Real or not real?"
I tell him, "Real.”
  Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

“You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She"s not perfect—you aren"t either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break—her heart. So don"t hurt her, don"t change her, don"t analyze and don"t expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she"s not there.”
  Bob Marley

“Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.”
 Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land