Love speaks volumes even in silence. Sometimes, a few carefully chosen words can capture deep emotions better than a long letter. Short love quotes offer a way to express the most heartfelt feelings in the simplest form.
These snippets of affection can bring a smile, a tear, or a comforting sense of warmth. They remind us of the love we give and receive daily, making every moment special. Dive into our collection of the best short love quotes to find the perfect words to share your heart.
Inspiring Short Love Quotes
“Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” – Aristotle
“I would rather spend one lifetime with you, than face all the ages of this world alone.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.” – William Shakespeare
“the love you take is equal to the love you make.” – The Beatles
“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” – Dr. Seuss
“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.” – Maya Angelou
“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” – Audrey Hepburn
“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” – David Viscott
“Love is a friendship set to music.” – Joseph Campbell
“The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.” – Blaise Pascal
“Love is the flower you’ve got to let grow.” – John Lennon
“The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love.” – Henry Miller
“Love is when the other person’s happiness is more important than your own.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
“You don’t love someone because they’re perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they’re not.” – Jodi Picoult
“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.” – Eden Ahbez
“Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.” – Robert Frost
“We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Love does not dominate; it cultivates.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“True love stories never have endings.” – Richard Bach
“Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.” – Voltaire
“Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.” – Khalil Gibran
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” – Lao Tzu
“The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more.” – Nicholas Sparks
“Where there is love there is life.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“You are my heart, my life, my one and only thought.” – Arthur Conan Doyle
“To love and be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.” – Sydney Smith
“The giving of love is an education in itself.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Love is the magician that pulls man out of his own hat.” – Ben Hecht
“Love is the voice under all silences, the hope which has no opposite in fear.” – E.E. Cummings
“To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return.” – Madonna
“Love is the poetry of the senses.” – Honoré de Balzac
Romantic Short Love Quotes
“You are the source of my joy, the center of my world and the whole of my heart.” – Unknown
“I have waited for this opportunity for more than half a century, to repeat to you once again my vow of eternal fidelity and everlasting love.” – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” – David Viscott
“Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” – Aristotle
“Every moment spent with you is like a beautiful dream come true.” – Unknown
“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” – Emily Brontë
“I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.” – Roy Croft
“If I know what love is, it is because of you.” – Hermann Hesse
“My soul and your soul are forever tangled.” – N.R. Hart
“Take my hand, take my whole life too. For I can’t help falling in love with you.” – Elvis Presley
“I am yours, don’t give myself back to me.” – Rumi
“We loved with a love that was more than love.” – Edgar Allan Poe
“Love is the poetry of the senses.” – Honoré de Balzac
“In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.” – Maya Angelou
“I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you.” – Ben Folds
“You are my heart, my life, my one and only thought.” – Arthur Conan Doyle
“Your love shines in my heart as the sun that shines upon the earth.” – Eleanor Di Guillo
“True love stories never have endings.” – Richard Bach
“When I saw you I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew.” – Arrigo Boito
“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.” – Maya Angelou
“To be your friend was all I ever wanted; to be your lover was all I ever dreamed.” – Valerie Lombardo
“There is no remedy for love but to love more.” – Henry David Thoreau
“You are my today and all of my tomorrows.” – Leo Christopher
“The best love is the kind that awakens the soul; that makes us reach for more, that plants the fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds.” – Nicholas Sparks
“In your smile, I see something more beautiful than the stars.” – Beth Revis
“Love is when the other person’s happiness is more important than your own.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.
“I wish I could turn back the clock. I’d find you sooner and love you longer.” – Unknown
“You are my favorite notification.” – Unknown
“I saw that you were perfect, and so I loved you. Then I saw that you were not perfect and I loved you even more.” – Angelita Lim
“You are my sun, my moon, and all my stars.” – E.E. Cummings
“When I follow my heart, it leads me to you.” – Unknown
“To me, you are perfect.” – Love Actually
“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride.” – Pablo Neruda
Heartfelt Short Love Quotes
“Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” – Aristotle
“I have found the one whom my soul loves.” – Song of Solomon 3:4
“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” – David Viscott
“In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours.” – Maya Angelou
“I look at you and see the rest of my life in front of my eyes.” – Unknown
“Love is an endless act of forgiveness. Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.” – Maya Angelou
“My heart is, and always will be, yours.” – Jane Austen
“You are my sun, my moon, and all my stars.” – E.E. Cummings
“I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.” – Roy Croft
“We were together. I forget the rest.” – Walt Whitman
“To love is to burn, to be on fire.” – Jane Austen
“Love is a friendship set to music.” – Joseph Campbell
“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” – Audrey Hepburn
“I saw that you were perfect, and so I loved you. Then I saw that you were not perfect and I loved you even more.” – Angelita Lim
“If I know what love is, it is because of you.” – Hermann Hesse
“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” – Emily Brontë
“True love stories never have endings.” – Richard Bach
“When I saw you I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew.” – Arrigo Boito
“You don’t love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.” – Oscar Wilde
“You are my today and all of my tomorrows.” – Leo Christopher
“A simple ‘I love you’ means more than money.” – Frank Sinatra
“Love is the greatest refreshment in life.” – Pablo Picasso
“I would rather spend one lifetime with you, than face all the ages of this world alone.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
“Love is like the wind, you can’t see it but you can feel it.” – Nicholas Sparks
“To love is nothing. To be loved is something. But to love and be loved, that’s everything.” – T. Tolis
“Each day I love you more, today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow.” – Rosemonde Gérard
“One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.” – Paulo Coelho
“Your voice is my favorite sound.” – Unknown
“Every love story is beautiful, but ours is my favorite.” – Unknown
“Love recognizes no barriers.” – Maya Angelou
“I am catastrophically in love with you.” – Cassandra Clare
“I love your feet because they have wandered over the earth and through the wind and water until they brought you to me.” – Pablo Neruda
Humorous Short Love Quotes
“Love is sharing your popcorn.” – Charles Schultz
“I love you more than coffee, but please don’t make me prove it.” – Elizabeth Evans
“If love is the answer, could you rephrase the question?” – Lily Tomlin
“Love means never having to say ‘Who’s turn is it to do the dishes?'”
“I solemnly swear I am up to no good. Especially when I’m in love with you.” – J.K. Rowling, adapted from Harry Potter
“You can’t put a price tag on love, but you can on all its accessories.” – Melanie Clark
“Forget the butterflies; I feel the whole zoo when I’m with you.”
“Love is a two-way street constantly under construction.” – Carroll Bryant
“My wife and I were happy for twenty years; then we met.” – Rodney Dangerfield
“I love you even though you snore.” – Unknown
“I love being married. It’s so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.” – Rita Rudner
“You’re the avocado to my toast.”
“Love is telling someone their hair extensions are showing.” – Natasha Leggero
“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” – Dr. Seuss
“Love is an ocean of emotions entirely surrounded by expenses.” – Thomas Dewar
“If you love them in the morning with their eyes full of crust; if you love them at night with their hair full of rollers, chances are, you’re in love.” – Miles Davis
“What’s the difference between a boyfriend and a husband? About 30 pounds.”
“You add meaning to my life and yet, you subtract some cash from my wallet.”
“True love is singing karaoke ‘Under Pressure’ and letting your partner sing the Freddie Mercury part.” – Mindy Kaling
“A kiss without a mustache is like an egg without salt.” – Spanish Proverb
“Love makes people do silly things. Like, it made me send you this message!”
“Marriage is a workshop… where the husband works and the wife shops.”
“Love is an electric blanket with somebody else in control of the switch.” – Cathy Carlyle
“There is no remedy for love but to love more.” – Henry David Thoreau
“You text him first… and see what happens.”
“Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.” – Jules Renard
“I love you no matter what you do, but do you have to do so much of it?” – Jean Illsley Clarke
“Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your heart or burn down your house, you can never tell.” – Joan Crawford
“Love is blind, but marriage is a real eye-opener!”
“I’m yours. No refunds.”
“Being in love is like getting peed on by a puppy. It’s warm and fuzzy, but it still kinda stinks.”
“I love you more than yesterday. Yesterday you got on my nerves.”
Short Love Quotes from Movies
“You had me at hello.” – Jerry Maguire
“Here’s looking at you, kid.” – Casablanca
“To me, you are perfect.” – Love Actually
“I wish I knew how to quit you.” – Brokeback Mountain
“You make me want to be a better man.” – As Good As It Gets
“Nobody puts Baby in a corner.” – Dirty Dancing
“Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” – Love Story
“I will return. I will find you. Love you. Marry you. And live without shame.” – Atonement
“You complete me.” – Jerry Maguire
“If you’re a bird, I’m a bird.” – The Notebook
“It was a million tiny little things that, when you added them all up, they meant we were supposed to be together. And I knew it.” – Sleepless in Seattle
“I think I’d miss you even if we’d never met.” – The Wedding Date
“I will always find you.” – Once Upon A Time
“I’m also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.” – Notting Hill
“After all this time?” “Always.” – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone.” – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
“When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.” – When Harry Met Sally
“I’m scared of walking out of this room and never feeling the rest of my whole life the way I feel when I’m with you.” – Dirty Dancing
“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love, and be loved in return.” – Moulin Rouge!
“I want all of you, forever, every day. You and me… every day.” – The Notebook
“I think I’d miss you even if we’d never met.” – The Wedding Date
“I wish I had done everything on earth with you.” – The Great Gatsby
“You’re my air.” – A Walk to Remember
“It’s like in that moment the whole universe existed just to bring us together.” – Serendipity
“I knew it the very first time I touched her. It was like coming home… only to no home I’d ever known.” – Sleepless in Seattle
“They say when you meet the love of your life, time stops, and that’s true.” – Big Fish
“So, it’s not gonna be easy. It’s gonna be really hard; we’re gonna have to work at this every day, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, you and me, every day.” – The Notebook
Short Love Quotes for Wedding Vows
“I have found the one whom my soul loves.” – Song of Solomon 3:4
“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” – Emily Brontë
“You are my heart, my life, my one and only thought.” – Arthur Conan Doyle
“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” – David Viscott
“Every love story is beautiful, but ours is my favorite.” – Unknown
“In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours.” – Maya Angelou
“You are my today and all of my tomorrows.” – Leo Christopher
“I love you, not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.” – Roy Croft
“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” – Audrey Hepburn
“Love recognizes no barriers.” – Maya Angelou
“You are every reason, every hope, and every dream I’ve ever had.” – Nicholas Sparks
“In you, I’ve found the love of my life and my closest truest friend.” – Unknown
“Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” – Aristotle
“My heart is, and always will be, yours.” – Jane Austen
“I look at you and see the rest of my life in front of my eyes.” – Unknown
“You are my greatest adventure.” – Mr. Incredible
“With you, I am home.” – Unknown
“Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be.” – Robert Browning
“Forever is a long time, but I wouldn’t mind spending it by your side.” – Unknown
“I choose you. And I’ll choose you over and over and over. Without a pause, without a doubt, in a heartbeat. I’ll keep choosing you.” – Unknown
“The best love is the kind that awakens the soul.” – Nicholas Sparks
“Where there is love, there is life.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“You make me happier than I ever thought I could be.” – Unknown
“I saw that you were perfect, and so I loved you. Then I saw that you were not perfect and I loved you even more.” – Angelita Lim
“I only want to love you twice in my lifetime. That’s now and forever.” – Unknown
“You complete me.” – Jerry Maguire
“I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you.” – Ben Folds
“Your love is all I need to feel complete.” – Unknown
“You are the love that came without warning; you had my heart before I could say no.” – Unknown
“You are my answered prayer, my fulfilled wish, my realized dream.” – Unknown
“A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.” – Mignon McLaughlin
“Even when I’m not with you, I’m always thinking of you.” – Unknown
“In you, I’ve found my forever place.” – Unknown
Short Love Quotes to Express Your Feelings
“Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” — Aristotle
“In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours.” — Maya Angelou
“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” — David Viscott
“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.” — Maya Angelou
“You are my heart, my life, my one and only thought.” — Arthur Conan Doyle
“I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.” — Roy Croft
“When two souls fall in love, there is nothing else but the yearning to be close to the other.” — Lang Leav
“Love is a friendship set to music.” — Joseph Campbell
“At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.” — Plato
“I saw that you were perfect, and so I loved you. Then I saw that you were not perfect and I loved you even more.” — Angelita Lim
“If I know what love is, it is because of you.” — Herman Hesse
“Love is when the other person’s happiness is more important than your own.” — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” — Audrey Hepburn
“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” — Emily Brontë
“Love is the voice under all silences, the hope which has no opposite in fear.” — E.E. Cummings
“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” — David Viscott
“You are my sun, my moon, and all my stars.” — E.E. Cummings
“Every love story is beautiful, but ours is my favorite.” — Unknown
“We loved with a love that was more than love.” — Edgar Allan Poe
“I just want you to know, that when I picture myself happy, it’s with you.” — Unknown
“Love is not about how much you say ‘I love you,’ but how much you prove that it’s true.” — Unknown
“Love is the ultimate expression of the will to live.” — Tom Wolfe
“In your smile, I see something more beautiful than the stars.” — Beth Revis
“Meeting you was fate, becoming your friend was a choice, but falling in love with you was beyond my control.” — Unknown
“You are the source of my joy, the center of my world, and the whole of my heart.” — Unknown
“When I look into your eyes, I know I have found the mirror of my soul.” — Joey W. Hill
“I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.” — Roy Croft
“Love is like the wind, you can’t see it but you can feel it.” — Nicholas Sparks
“Your love shines in my heart as the sun that shines upon the earth.” — Eleanor Di Guillo
“You are my today and all of my tomorrows.” — Leo Christopher
“Love is a promise; love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.” — John Lennon
To Recap
Love speaks volumes, even in just a few words. These short love quotes remind us of the power of simple, heartfelt expression. Whether you’re looking to capture your feelings in a text, a card, or a whispered moment, each quote offers a touch of warmth and sincerity.
Let these quotes inspire you to share your love in its purest form. After all, the best messages often come from the heart and are conveyed in just a few words. So, pick your favorite, and let it spark connection and joy in your relationships.
