The 15 Best Quotes About Love

Quotes can take large, convoluted sentiments and somehow put them so simply, and so perfectly. And since love is one of the most complex and perplexing aspects of life, we need wise quotes to make sense of it. Here are the 15 of the best quotes about love.

“You know when you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” — Dr. Seuss

When to use it: in your wedding vows. Dr. Seuss deserves more play!

“Women are systematically degraded by receiving the trivial attentions which men think it manly to pay to the sex, when, in fact, men are insultingly supporting their own superiority.” –Mary Wollstonecraft

When to use: on your cat caller. Not that anybody who cat calls is educated enough to understand it.

“To love is nothing. To be loved is something. But to love and be loved, that’s everything.” — T. Tolis

When to use it: when your friends are trying to say that you should stay with your boyfriend whom you’re not that into because “But he loves you so much!” That’s not enough.

“Sex is always about emotions. Good sex is about free emotions; bad sex is about blocked emotions.”– Deepak Chopra

When to use it: when you’re about to ask your partner (who didn’t make you orgasm) if something happened to him that day that he needs to talk about.

“Women who love women are Lesbians. Men, because they can only think of women in sexual terms, define Lesbian as sex between women.” –Rita Mae Brown

When to use it: when a creepy guy asks you if you were ever lesbian for a night.

“Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.” — Oprah Winfrey

When to use it: When a man expects you to upgrade his lifestyle because you make more money than him.

“Boys have penises and girls have vaginas. If they touch at the wrong time, you can make a baby or die.” –Eugene Mirman

When to use it: when you’re rushed and need to give your kids “the talk.”

“It’s been so long since I’ve had sex I’ve forgotten who ties up whom.”– Joan Rivers

When to use it: when you need a laugh. We miss you Joanie!

“I would rather spend one lifetime with you, than face all the ages of this world alone.” — Lord of The Rings

When to use it: when you meet a lovable nerd!

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”― Friedrich Nietzsche

When to use it: when your husband won’t come with you to Spinlates.

“Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.” — H. L. Mencken

When to use it: when your family is rushing you to get married.

 “Every person has to love at least one bad partner in their lives to be truly thankful for the right one.” — Unknown

When to use it: when convincing your 30-year-old friend she needs to leave her college boyfriend and date around.

“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” — Charles Schulz

When to use it: when your partner asks what you need when you’re sad.