What do the best, most inspirational love quotes we find for the man or woman we love say about romantic relationships and the sweet ways they make us feel?

The beginnings of true love, the falling in love part, gives us starry eyes and the feeling of butterflies in our stomachs. It gives us someone even better than a friend, to dance and dine with, someone to adventure with.

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And as it grows, love gives us a confidante — that special someone to share our deepest, darkest secrets and our highest hopes and wildest dreams with — someone who sticks by our side even after hearing all about these things.

Love means always having someone around who understands us, even without having to tell them specifically what's going on in our hearts and minds at any particular moment. Love means having someone who always put you first, even if you yourself don't.

Love assures us that we will never be alone.

It's these reasons why we want to write sonnets and sing love songs, and why love makes us do things that other people might even think are a little bit crazy. If you've ever been in love, you'll totally understand.

It also inspires some of the best, most inspirational and romantic quotes ever uttered in the English language.

That's why we rounded up 101 of the best, most inspirational and romantic love quotes for her (and him!) as uttered or written by poets, authors, celebrities and lovers around the world and across time that are perfect to share with the man or woman in your life.

1. It takes you by surprise​

"One day you will kiss a man you can't breathe without and find that breath is of little consequence." ― Karen Marie Moning, Bloodfever

2. No dream could possibly be better

"You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams." ― Dr. Seuss

3. Love cannot be faked

“'There is no pretending,' Jace said with absolute clarity. 'I love you, and I will love you until I die, and if there is life after that, I'll love you then.'” ― Cassandra Clare, City of Glass

4. It's instantaneous

"There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment." ― Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever

5. To the point of passion

“You know that when I hate you, it is because I love you to a point of passion that unhinges my soul.” ― Julie de Lespinasse

6. There is no other way

"I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close." ― Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets

7. Done for

“The very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.” ― Jane Austen

8. Always remember

"Promise me you'll never forget me, because if I thought you would, I'd never leave." ― A.A. Milne

9. Astronomical

“Your hand touching mine. This is how galaxies collide.” ― Sanober Khan

10. An eternity would be too short

"She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal." ― Simone de Beauvoir, The Mandarins

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11. No journey would be too far

“I crossed a thousand leagues to come to you, and lost the best part of me along the way. Don't tell me to leave.” ― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

12. Your love is your home

"For the two of us, home isn't a place. It is a person. And we are finally home." ― Stephanie Perkins, Anna And The French Kiss

13. And that was that

“And he took her in his arms and kissed her under the sunlit sky, and he cared not that they stood high upon the walls in the sight of many.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien

14. No one could miss anyone this much

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"They say when you are missing someone that they are probably feeling the same, but I don't think it's possible for you to miss me as much as I'm missing you right now." ― Edna St. Vincent Millay

15. There can be no forcing

“You can't force love, I realized. It's there or it isn't. If it's not there, you've got to be able to admit it. If it is there, you've got to do whatever it takes to protect the ones you love.” ― Richelle Mead, Frostbite

16. Love is pure spun gold​

"Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze." ― Elinor Glyn

17. It's a given

“Attraction is not an option.” ― Neil Strauss

18. Destiny made it so

"So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you." ― Paulo Coehlo

19. So much more than those three little words

“But love, I’ve come to understand, is more than three words mumbled before bedtime. Love is sustained by action, a pattern of devotion in the things we do for each other every day.” ― Nicholas