Alan Lightman Quotes

Whatever 'in love' means.

Some automatic device clicked in her big brain, and her knees felt weak, and there was a chilly feeling in her stomach. She was in love with this man. They don't make memories like that anymore

I was in love, and the feeling was even more wonderful than I ever imagined it could be.

I might be stupid to think love is love, but I do.

When first we fall in love, we feel that we know all there is to know about life, and perhaps we are right.

There are two sorts of affection - the love of a woman you respect, and the love for the woman you love.

Do you love him?" Deryn swallowed, then pointed at the screen. "He makes me feel like that. Like flying.

I think chemistry is finding something you love about a person and then transfering it to an in love kind of thing.

Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.

Love is a second life; it grows into the soul, warms every vein, and beats in every pulse.

Love is our response to our highest values.

I don't think there's any difference between a crush and profound love. I think the experience is that you dissolve your sentries and your battalions for a moment and you really do see that there is this unfixed free-flowing energy of emotion and thought between people, that it really is there.

Did you fall in love with her?" "I care about her. A lot." "You're not supposed to marry someone if you don't fall in love with her." "Well, love is a choice, too." Holly shook her head. "I think it's something that happens to you." Mark smiled into her small, earnest face. "Maybe it's both," he said, and tucked her in.

The two of you, there's something uncanny about the way you two are with each other. I mean everything--the way you look at each other, the way she relaxes when you put your hand on her back, the way you both seem to know what the other is always thinking, it's always struck me as extraordinary. That's another reason I keep putting marriage off. I know I want something like what you two share, and I'm not sure I've found it yet. I'm not sure I ever will. And with love like that, they say anything's possible, right?

Ethan: I love you, I whispered in her ear. She held my face in her hands and leaned back so she could look at me. Lena: I don't think I could ever love anything the way I love you.

There was a difference between loving someone and being in love

I prefer a kiss that is so much more than just a tongue in your mouth.

The real lover is the man who can thrill you just by touching your head or smiling into your eyes - or just by staring into space.

'What's the difference between sex and love?' Hmm. That's a good question. Hey, you interviewed Al Pacino. How'd he answer that?'

Love comes in at the eye.

I love you girl...to the moon and back.

Love's about finding the one person who makes your heart complete. Who makes you a better person than you ever dreamed you could be. Its about looking in the eyes of your wife and knowing all the way to your bones that she's simply the best person you've ever known.

Sexual love is the most stupendous fact of the universe, and the most magical mystery our poor blind senses know.

My passion for Sarah had killed simple lust forever. Never again would I be able to enjoy a woman without love.

I do love you and what else matters but that