The Book of Badass Quotes

Love

"To those who have given up on love: I say,'Trust life a little bit.'~ Maya Angelou

"A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you."~Elbert Hubbard

"We accept the love we think we deserve."~ Stephen Chbosky

"It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not."~ Andre Gide

"As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once."~John Green

"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none."~ William Shakespeare

"Being deeply love by someone give you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."~Lao Tzu

"People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.

A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave.

A soul mates purpose is to shake you up, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and addictions, break your heart open so new light can get in, make you so desperate and out of control that you have to transform your life, then introduce you to your spiritual master..."~ Elizabeth Gilbert

"Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings."~ Anais Nin

"I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you anything worth knowing."~Neil Gaiman

"Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears.
'After all this time?'
'Always,' said Snape."~ J.K. Rowling