H. Jackson Brown Jr. Quotes

In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love you want the other person.

I know my husband really loves me because he takes me to have ribs. He says I'm the only girl he ever took out who actually ate anything on her plate, as opposed to pushing it around.

I work hard to let my wife know how much I love her. I try to do that every day.

A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.

If we can develop the character and work with God, then let him develop the character of Christ in us, we're going to become the best possible husband, the best possible wife.

If you were not already my dearly loved husband I should certainly fall in love with you.

If I use the word romance, whether it's my wife or not, it does not mean sex. We can use the word sex when sex is there.

My wife and I love each other very much.

I definitely don't think that money can buy you love. It can buy you affection but certainly not love.

A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.

To an ordinary human being, love means nothing if it does not mean loving some people more than others.

Love is more important than material possessions.

Every night, whisper "peace" in your husband's ear.

To have my wife stand in front of me on television and give her love and support to me, I will never forget it, and I owe that to her for the rest of my life.

I often think about what love can inspire in the world, not just in the eyes of the object of your affection.

Do not measure your marriage by how much love you feel today: measure it by how much love you've offered today.

My husband and I witnessed firsthand how love truly heals.

I see love developing from friendship. Common ground is a strong basis for friendship. My husband is my best friend and we have a lot in common even though we're admittedly different people. I think it evolves from how I see relationships working. You know, the opposites attract thing happens all the time, but so does the best friends thing. It's just a great kind of relationship in fiction.

I see a lot of marriages crash and burn around me and my wife. I've always been curious about how hard it is to love well and be loved.

I'm sorry. It's Hard for me. I do love you," she said quietly. "Sometimes it scares me because you're the first. And the only" He held her there until he was sure he could speak, then eased her back, looked into her eyes "You've chaged my life. Become my life." He touched his lips to hers, let the kiss deepen slowly, silkily. "I need you

I think the most important thing I wanted to say at various times to Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt was that it seemed so sad to me that - I really believe they loved each other and had a great deal of affection - but because of that early hurt in their marriage, there was a certain kind of distance from then on, until their deaths actually. So at times, I just wanted to push them together and say, "Come on, you guys! I know you love each other. This is crazy!"

It's curious how, when you're in love, you yearn to go about doing acts of kindness to everybody.

If I don't love you, baby, grits ain't groceries.

A woman unsatisfied must have luxuries. But a woman who loves a man would sleep on a board

If you begin by sacrificing yourself to those you love, you will end by hating those to whom you have sacrificed yourself.