Need to say more than just "I love you?" Whether for a simple text, a heartfelt note, or a love letter, the right words can boost emotional intelligence and help you communicate effectively in a relationship. That's why we've curated a list of 112 deep love quotes for him to sprinkle some romance into your daily life and make your love story novel-worthy.
These 112 love quotes aren't just random phrases — they're handpicked from the best romance titles and relationship guides in the Headway library of nonfiction book summaries. Organized by themes like devotion, passion, and longing, these quotes about love will teach you emotional intimacy and romantic partnership tips from trusted relationship experts and bestselling authors.
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- What are the best love quotes for him?
- 100+ deep love quotes for him from famous books and experts
- Romantic devotion
- Enduring bond
- Passionate affection
- Longing and distance
- Playful, funny love quotes
- Heart-touching lines from the classics
What are the best love quotes for him?
Words can heal, uplift, and deepen emotional bonds. Famous relationship experts like Erich Fromm ('The Art of Loving') and Willard F. Harley Jr. ('His Needs, Her Needs') make it clear when describing loving communication as a cornerstone of lasting relationships. The best love quotes from books are important reminders of this unique connection you and your partner share.
1. Erich Fromm — 'The Art of Loving'
"Love is not something that is ready made. It comes from our own actions."
2. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry — 'Airman's Odyssey'
"Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction."
3. Nicholas Sparks — 'The Notebook'
"I want all of you, forever, you and me, every day."
4. Willard F. Harley Jr. — 'His Needs, Her Needs'
"'How are you feeling?' 'What problems are you facing?' 'How can I help you solve those problems?' That's the kind of conversation that helps married couples stay in love with each other."
5. John Green — 'The Fault in Our Stars'
"I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once."
100+ deep love quotes for him from famous books and relationship experts
When you love someone, nothing else matters. So, why not reflect on your feelings and open up your heart. Get nostalgic about your first date, first kiss, and first argument with well-chosen romantic love quotes for him that say it all and a bit more! From sweet love messages to cute love quotes to save on your home screen, the following lines will help you talk about true love in the most poetic way possible.
Romantic devotion
6 "Love recognizes no barriers." — Maya Angelou
"Any day spent with you is my favorite day." — A.A. Milne
"You are my heart, my life, my one and only thought." — Arthur Conan Doyle
"Love is the whole thing. We are only pieces." — Rumi
"Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own." — Robert A. Heinlein
"The way you feel about yourself is the way you will feel about your partner." — Don Miguel Ruiz, 'The Mastery of Love'
Learn more in the full summary of 'The Mastery of Love' by Don Miguel Ruiz on the Headway app.
12 "Happiness is holding someone in your arms and knowing you hold the whole world." ― Orhan Pamuk
"To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further." — Victor Hugo
"I would rather spend one lifetime with you, than face all the ages of this world alone." — J.R.R. Tolkien
"If I know what love is, it is because of you." — Hermann Hesse
"I've tried so many times to think of a new way to say it, and it's still I love you." – Zelda Fitzgerald
"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
"Rare as is true love, true friendship is rare." – Jean de La Fontaine
"Love is sustained by action, a pattern of devotion in the things we do for each other every day." — Nicholas Sparks
"You might not have been my first love, but you were the love that made all the other loves irrelevant." — Rupi Kaur
"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
"The primary task of a relationship is to create a safe space for both partners to heal." — Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt, 'Getting the Love You Want'
Read or listen to the full summary of 'Getting the Love You Want' by Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt on the Headway app.
23 "It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death." — Thomas Mann
"I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where." — Pablo Neruda
"I never want to stop making memories with you." — Pierre Jeanty
Heart-touching deep love quotes for him to show enduring bond
26 "Until my last day, I'll be loving you." — Justin Moore
"You are all of my today and all of my tomorrows." — Leo Christopher
"For we put the thought of all that we love into all that we make." — J.R.R. Tolkien
"Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies." — Aristotle
"You are my sun, my moon, and all my stars." — E.E. Cummings
"In the past, people would settle down based on proximity and the idea of love. Today, the search for love is often about finding someone who shares our deepest values and long-term vision." — Aziz Ansari and Eric Klinenberg, 'Modern Romance'
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32 "True love stories never have endings." — Richard Bach
"True love cannot be found where it does not exist, nor can it be denied where it does." — Torquato Tasso
"I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you." — Ben Folds
"There is no remedy for love but to love more." — Henry David Thoreau
"Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same." — Emily Brontë
"It is not length of life, but depth of life." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"A man is not where he lives, but where he loves." — Latin Proverb
"When you have nothing left but love, then for the first time you become aware that love is enough." — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
"True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself." — Honore de Balzac
"There is no fear in love. But perfect love casts out fear." — John 1:4:18
"The best thing to hold onto in life is each other." — Audrey Hepburn
"To love is to give, to sacrifice, and to actively care for another's well-being." — Erich Fromm, 'The Art of Loving'
Find more relationship tips in the full summary of 'The Art of Loving' by Erich Fromm on the Headway app.
44 "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 García Márquez
"Grow old with me! The best is yet to be." — Robert Browning
Passionate affection
46 "If the sun refused to shine, I would still be loving you. If the mountains crumble to the sea, there will still be you and me." — Led Zeppelin
"You are the best thing that's ever been mine." — Taylor Swift
"It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight." — Vladimir Nabokov
"You're the only one that I want / Think I'm addicted to your light." — Beyoncé
"Fulfilling your partner's needs will make them feel more appreciated, leading to a happier, more loving relationship." — Willard F. Harley Jr., 'His Needs, Her Needs'
Learn more in the summary of 'His Needs, Her Needs' by Willard F. Harley Jr. on the Headway app.
51 "Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired." — Robert Frost
"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind." — William Shakespeare
"A loving heart is the truest wisdom." — Charles Dickens Source
"Love grows more tremendously full, swift, poignant, as the years multiply." — Zane Grey
"Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice." — Michael Novak
"A soulmate is someone who has locks that fit our keys, and keys to fit our locks." — Richard Bach
"Love is the only reality, and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation." — Rabindranath Tagore
"If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk through my garden forever." — Alfred Lord Tennyson
"I can't help falling in love with you." — Elvis Presley
"I have taken you in my arms, and I love you, and I prefer you to my life itself." — St. John Chrysostom
"I am in love — and my God, it is the greatest thing that can happen to a man." — D.H. Lawrence
"True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself." — Honore de Balzac
"The way to know love is to love. You must love yourself before you can truly love someone else." — Don Miguel Ruiz, 'The Mastery of Love'
Get into detail with the full summary of 'The Mastery of Love' by Don Miguel Ruiz on the Headway app.
64 "To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides." — David Viscott
"When you love someone, you are forever bound to them." — Jodi Picoult
Longing and distance
66 "Love is a friendship set to music." — Joseph Campbell
"The best thing to hold onto in life is each other." — Audrey Hepburn
"Love is a promise; love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear." — John Lennon
"In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing." — Mignon McLaughlin
"In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours." — Maya Angelou
"You can love someone so much but you can never love people as much as you can miss them." — John Green
"Because I miss you, and my heart…it's not steady…my soul it sings numb." ― Jamie Weise
"What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us." — Helen Keller
"In the end we discover that to love and let go can be the same thing." — Jack Kornfield
"The heart has its reasons that reason knows not of." — Blaise Pascal
"You had me at hello." — Jerry Maguire
"To love is nothing. To be loved is something. But to love and be loved, that's everything." — T. Tolis
"Love isn't something you find. Love is something that finds you." — Loretta Young
"In your smile, I see something more beautiful than the stars." — Beth Revis
"I could start fires with what I feel for you." — David Ramirez
"Romance today is not just about finding the one, it's about navigating the complexities of endless options, trying to find someone who fits your evolving needs." — Aziz Ansari and Eric Klinenberg, 'Modern Romance'
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82 "Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but it sure makes the rest of you lonely." — Charles M. Schulz
"Love knows no distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars." — Gilbert Parker
"I have found the one whom my soul loves." — Song of Solomon 3:4
"We are all fools in love." — Jane Austen
Playful, funny love quotes
86 "You can't blame gravity for falling in love." — Albert Einstein
"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." — Dr. Seuss
"Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place." — Zora Neale Hurston
"I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul." — Charles Dickens
"We loved with a love that was more than love." — Edgar Allan Poe
"Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds." — William Shakespeare
"If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets." — Haruki Murakami
"Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other." — Euripides
"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." — Eden Ahbez
"You may be out of my sight, but you are never out of my heart." — Mahatma Gandhi
"I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house." — Nathaniel Hawthorne
"We can never expect our partner to give us something we haven't first learned to give ourselves." — Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt, 'Getting the Love You Want'
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98 "You think you're one of millions, but you're one in a million to me." — Brad Paisley
"Love is the greatest refreshment in life." — Vincent van Gogh
"I love you. Remember. They cannot take it" ― Lauren Oliver
"Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness." ― Bertrand Russell
"I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you." ― Paulo Coelho
Emotional heart-touching deep love quotes for him from the classics
103 "You have bewitched me, body and soul, and I love, I love, I love you." — Jane Austen, 'Pride and Prejudice'
This line explores themes of love, class, and personal growth through the evolving relationship between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy.
104 "He's always, always in my mind: not as a pleasure, any more than I am always a pleasure to myself, but as my own being." — Emily Brontë, 'Wuthering Heights'
Here's an example of intense, almost obsessive love, showing the all-consuming nature of a romantic bond between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff.
105 "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." — William Shakespeare, 'Romeo and Juliet'
Juliet's famous line emphasizes that love transcends names, labels, or social conventions, illustrating the purity of her feelings for Romeo.
106 "I gave and give my all to the pursuit of duty, but... the life I once dreamed of is now no more than a forgotten dream." — Kazuo Ishiguro, 'The Remains of the Day'
Stevens reflects on his unspoken love for Miss Kenton, highlighting his emotional repression and missed opportunities in life and love.
107 "I hope she'll be a fool — that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool." — F. Scott Fitzgerald, 'The Great Gatsby'
Daisy's reflection on herself reveals her complex feelings about love, wealth, and the roles women are expected to play in society, which impacts her love for Gatsby.
108 "I am my husband's life as fully as he is mine. I am the flame that keeps his soul alight." — Charlotte Brontë, 'Jane Eyre'
This quote reflects Jane's deep and reciprocal love for Mr. Rochester, where their emotional connection and mutual respect are key aspects of their relationship.
109 "You should be kissed and often, and by someone who knows how." — Margaret Mitchell, 'Gone with the Wind'
Rhett's playful yet passionate declaration to Scarlett highlights his intense attraction and the chemistry between them, which drives much of the novel's romantic tension.
110 "As you wish." — William Goldman, 'The Princess Bride'
Westley's simple but profound words are his way of expressing unconditional love for Buttercup, showing that he would do anything for her, no matter the cost.
111 "It was a love that had been postponed for fifty years and was finally made possible by the magic of time." — Gabriel García Márquez, 'Love in the Time of Cholera'
This quote speaks to the enduring, patient nature of love between Florentino and Fermina, a love that transcends time, distance, and circumstance.
112 "I have a strange feeling that the world will be made right again, but that it will be the world in which I can no longer live." — Edith Wharton, 'The Age of Innocence'
Newland Archer reflects on his internal conflict and the sacrifices he faces between societal duty and his love for Ellen.
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The right words can turn an ordinary moment into a memory you and your soulmate will cherish forever. Using thoughtful, deep love quotes in your daily interactions with him expresses not just emotion but also your commitment, understanding, and care.
To discover more profound insights on love and communication, the importance of setting boundaries, as well as relationship red flags, visit the Headway library of book summaries, where emotional lines and self-love quotes from top psychology reads and expert guides come together to support your self-growth journey. Don Miguel Ruiz's 'The Mastery of Love,' Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt's 'Getting the Love You Want,' and Aziz Ansari and Eric Klinenberg's 'Modern Romance' are just one swipe away!
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