110 Very Short Love Quotes for Him That Say Everything

Looking for the perfect words to say "I love you?" Say everything in just a few words — whether you're texting your boyfriend, leaving a love note, or writing a caption for your anniversary. These very short love quotes for him from famous people and bestselling relationship books will help you expand your love vocabulary and express your feelings better. 

From American psychologists Amir Levine and Rachel S. F. Heller to former Yale professor and influential speaker, bell hooks, the following romantic love quotes are your expert-backed guide to intimacy and healthy relationships. Many quotes come from Headway book summaries, so you can revisit your favorite lines whenever you want. Explore 110 ways to declare your love with these bite-sized reads!

Grouped by themes like devotion, healing, passion, and secure attachment, these 110 quotes reveal how love can be playful, profound, and transformational. With timeless lines from literature, pop culture, and modern psychology, the collection offers ready-to-use words for texts, love notes, or moments when feelings run deep but words fall short.

Best love quotes that say "I see you"

Everything changes the moment you meet your soulmate. There's this inner feeling of lightness and confidence that inspires you to move on. Learn how to appreciate your partner with cute love quotes that ignite a spark in a loving heart.

1. "To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance." — Oscar Wilde

2. "In case you ever foolishly forget; I'm never not thinking of you." — Virginia Woolf

3. "The best love is the one that makes you a better person." — Richard Bach

4. "You had me at hello." — Jerry Maguire

5. "Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction." — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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

7. "You have bewitched me, body and soul." — Jane Austen

8. "You are my reason for existence." — Pablo Neruda

9. "Securely attached people are able to balance the need for closeness and independence in a relationship." — Amir Levine and Rachel Heller, 'Attached'

Read the full summary of 'Attached' by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller on the Headway app.

1. 10 "Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love." — Albert Einstein

2. "I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today." — A.A. Milne

3. "You are my greatest adventure." — Nicholas Sparks

4. "Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love." — Rumi

5. "I've learned that I still have a lot to learn, and I'm still loving you." — Maya Angelou

6. "I have found the one whom my soul loves." — Song of Solomon 3:4

7. "You might not have been my first love, but you were the love that made all the other loves irrelevant." — Rupi Kaur

8. "I knew I loved you before I met you." — Savage Garden

9. "I love you not only for what you are but for what I am when I am with you." — Roy Croft

10. "You are the closest to heaven that I'll ever be." — Goo Goo Dolls

11. "Love isn't a feeling, it's a choice you make every day." — Michael Todd, 'Relationship Goals' 

Learn how to build a healthy relationship with the full summary of 'Relationship Goals' by Michael Todd on the Headway app.

1. 21 "You are my sun, my moon, and all my stars." — E.E. Cummings

2. "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

1-line love quotes that show devotion

Love and devotion are inseparable. And the best way to remind your partner about it is to say it out loud. Include the following deep love quotes in your love letters to show your commitment and loyalty.

1. 23 "You think you're one of millions, but you're one in a million to me." — Brad Paisley

2. "Love is the greatest refreshment in life." — Vincent van Gogh

3. "You are the best thing, in my life." — John Green

4. "I can't help falling in love with you." — Elvis Presley

5. "I love you more than I can say." — Dr. Seuss

6. "To love is to actively and intentionally work toward mutual flourishing." — bell hooks, 'All About Love' 

Get more facts in the full summary of 'All About Love' by bell hooks on the Headway app.

1. 29 "You complete me." — Jerry Maguire

2. "I would rather spend one lifetime with you, than face all the ages of this world alone." — J.R.R. Tolkien

3. "At last, my love has come along, My lonely days are over."— Etta James

4. "Love is not an emotion. It is a quality." — Hermann Hesse

5. "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate." — William Shakespeare

6. "You are the one who has made me what I am." — Arthur Conan Doyle

7. "You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." — A.A. Milne

8. "The more we love ourselves, the more we can love others. It starts with the love we give ourselves." — Don Miguel Ruiz, 'The Mastery of Love'

Learn more in the summary of 'The Mastery of Love' by Don Miguel Ruiz on the Headway app.

1. 37 "You are part of my existence, part of me." — Charles Dickens

2. "I am nothing without you." — Nicholas Sparks

3. "You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. " — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

4. "Loved you yesterday, love you still, always have, always will." — Elaine Davis

5. "I will love you all my life and when I die, I will still love you through eternity and beyond." — Leann Rimes

6. "I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love." — Mother Teresa

7. "I belong to my beloved, and my beloved is mine." — Jamie McGuire

8. "Love is a choice you make, a choice you make to care for someone else's needs." — Gary D. Chapman, 'The 5 Love Languages'

Explore various languages of love in the full summary of 'The 5 Love Languages' by Gary D. Chapman on the Headway app.

Cute short love quotes for him

To love and be loved is a precious gift. So, when it's taken away from you, the pain of loss can be unbearable. Get inspired by the quotes after losing a loved one to heal your soul and grow emotionally stronger. 

1. 45 "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." — Oscar Wilde

2. "Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go." — Hermann Hesse

3. "To love is to be fully alive." — Aristotle

4. "Love liberates." — Maya Angelou

5. "Love is not just about finding the right person; it's about being the right person." — Amir Levine and Rachel Heller, 'Attached' 

Get more insights in the summary of 'Attached' by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller on the Headway app.

1. 50 "And so being young and dipped in folly, I fell in love with melancholy." — Edgar Allan Poe

2. "I love you as one loves certain obscure things, secretly, between the shadow and the soul." — Pablo Neruda

3. "You are the only one who can limit your greatness." — Richard Bach

4. "I don't know why I love you, but I do." — Taylor Swift

5. "I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people." — Vincent van Gogh

6. "I'm not a religious person but I do sometimes think God made you for me." — Sally Rooney

7. "If you find someone you love in your life, then hang on to that love." — Princess Diana

8. "We are all capable of love, but love is something we must learn to express and cultivate." — bell hooks, 'All About Love' 

Dive deeper into the topic with the full summary of 'All About Love' by bell hooks on the Headway app.

1. 58 "Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity." — Hippocrates

2. "Where there is love, there is life." — Mahatma Gandhi

3. "To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides." — David Viscott

4. "Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world." — Lucille Ball

5. "Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives." — Louise Hay

6. "If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month." — Theodore Roosevelt

7. "I have learned that to love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides." — David Viscott

8. "When love is not madness, it is not love." — Pedro Calderón de la Barca

9. "Love is the expression of a grateful heart." — Don Miguel Ruiz, 'The Mastery of Love' 

Regain your ability to love with key insights from the summary of 'The Mastery of Love' by Don Miguel Ruiz on the Headway app.

Deep short love messages for him

Falling in for the first time is always exciting, especially if it's someone you can call your best friend. Embrace flirty vibes with teasing and funny love quotes that make your heart beat faster.

1. 67 "Love is the only reality." — Albert Einstein

2. "You don't have to say you love me, just be close at hand." — Elvis Presley

3. "All you need is love." — The Beatles

4. "You are my heart, my life, my one and only thought." — J.R.R. Tolkien

5. "In love, your partner needs to feel that you're always willing to meet them where they are, and that's the language of love." — Gary D. Chapman, 'The 5 Love Languages' 

Read more in the full summary of 'The 5 Love Languages' by Gary D. Chapman on the Headway app.

1. 72 "Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies." — Aristotle

2. "I have decided to stick to love; hate is too great a burden to bear." — Martin Luther King Jr.

3. "You belong with me." — Taylor Swift

4. "Love is not only something you feel, it is something you do." — David Wilkerson

5. "Love is a healing force." — Doreen Virtue

6. "Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness." — Oliver Wendell Holmes

7. "You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas." — Shirley Chisholm

8. "True love is not something you do; it's something you allow to happen in your life." — Don Miguel Ruiz, 'The Mastery of Love' 

Read or listen to the summarized version of 'The Mastery of Love' by Don Miguel Ruiz on the Headway app.

1. 80 "To be brave is to love unconditionally without expecting anything in return." — Madonna

2. "Forgiveness is the final form of love." — Reinhold Niebuhr

3. "Healing comes when we meet the pain with love." — Tara Brach

4. "Love yourself first and everything else falls into line." — Lucille Ball

5. "The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love." — Hubert H. Humphrey

6. "Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives." —- Louise Hay

7. "I love you right up to the moon — and back." — Sam McBratney

8. "You are the one that I want." — John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John

9. "Relationships are not a formula for happiness, they are an opportunity to grow in love." — Michael Todd, 'Relationship Goals' 

Read or listen to the summarized version of 'Relationship Goals' by Michael Todd on the Headway app.

Quotes that secure attachment

Don't save your words of love for a special date like Valentine's Day or anniversary. Sprinkle romance in your everyday life with cute love quotes that work better than any gift for him.

1. 89 "In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed." — Jane Austen

2. "I love you, and I will always love you." — Charles Dickens

3. "I never knew how to love until I met you." — Arthur Conan Doyle

4. "I have loved you for a thousand years, I'll love you for a thousand more." — Christina Perri

5. "Words of affirmation are more than words. They are a powerful form of communication that can build or destroy love." — Gary D. Chapman, 'The 5 Love Languages' 

Get straight to the point with the full summary of 'The 5 Love Languages' by Gary D. Chapman on the Headway app.

1. 94 "I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once." — John Green

2. "I swear I couldn't love you more than I do right now, and yet I know I will tomorrow." — Leo Christopher

3. "When I saw you I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew." — William Shakespeare

4. "I am yours. Don't give myself back to me." — Rumi

5. "I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat." — Edgar Allan Poe

6. "We are most alive when we're in love." — John Updike

7. "No matter where I went, I always knew my way back to you. You are my compass star." — Diana Peterfreund

8. "You can't have the right relationship until you have the right relationship with yourself." — Michael Todd, 'Relationship Goals' 

Find more useful ideas in the full summary of 'Relationship Goals' by Michael Todd on the Headway app.

1. 102 "Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none." – William Shakespeare

2. "Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same." — Emily Brontë

3. "To the world, you may be one person, but to one person, you are the world." — Bill Wilson

4. "I never want to stop making memories with you." — Pierre Jeanty

5. "I have waited for you my whole life." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

6. "It's okay to love something a little too much, as long as it's real to you." — Gerard Way

7. "Every time I run into you for the rest of our lives, I'll ask you to make a game with me." — Gabrielle Zevin

8. "You're beautiful and wild and kind, and I can't stop thinking about you." — Jessica Khoury

9. "Love is an action, not a feeling. It's the ability to choose to act with compassion, care, respect, and understanding." — bell hooks, 'All About Love' 

Learn more about your feelings in the full summary of 'All About Love' by bell hooks on the Headway app.

Talk about true love like a poet with Headway book summaries

All the love messages above are more than just words — they're windows to your soul and deep feelings that lie beneath the surface. These short quotes from top-rated love books and relationship guides on dating and sex life will help you build a romantic connection with your partner and show love in all its forms. 

Gary D. Chapman's 'The 5 Love Languages,' Michael Todd's 'Relationship Goals,' and Don Miguel Ruiz's 'The Mastery of Love' contain life-changing advice on love life and healthy partnership you can use in your own relationship. These and other reads are available in Headway's library of book summaries — your pocket-sized collection of wisdom. Its virtual format turns self-learning into a fun and easy experience. 

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