Truman Capote Quotes

Most of us fall in love with someone's persona and spend the next three to five years discovering who that person really is. If you can stay connected through that process of raw vulnerability, I think you have a shot at the prize of knowing and accepting another human being for who and what they really are after years of highs and lows.

There are a lot of people who go their whole lives without truly knowing what love is, or ever experiencing that.

Eventually you love people - friends or lovers - because of their flaws.

I've been in many relationships in my life and learned a lot from them, good and bad.

Love was not in it for me at first. I dated guys because of the way they looked. And then I began to learn that it's what's inside that counts. Love to me now is understanding. It's giving.

Some of the reason why we marry the wrong people is that we don't really understand ourselves.

I don't believe I've ever truly been in love because I don't believe that I've known myself well enough in the past to allow someone to love me.

When I met Jo Wilder, I fell crazy in love and never thought about homosexuality. And I thought, 'Well, this is what I'm supposed to be doing. This is life.'

We should never close our doors on love.

In love, each man is his own personal challenge.

You know you're in love when you stop comparing.

No one has ever known me as clearly as you. No one has ever shown me that love allows everything. Not pretty or safe or easy but something I never knew. Love within reason, that isn't love and I learned that from you.

I've spent a lot of time in my life dedicating myself to love or the pursuit of love or the understanding of love... I’ve stopped believing in happy endings. I’ve started believing in good days.

The amazing thing about love is that it is the best way to get to know ourselves.

There are a few things that can be done only by experiencing them. Love is one of them. There is no way to learn it; you have to do it. And by trial and error one learns.

I think that when you're in love, you progressively go back to who you are.

One of the important things about marriage is to be accepted. Love is the basis of marriage, but there are many married people who have never felt accepted. Marriage is not a reformatory, and spouses need to reach out to each other without criticism or reservations. To live with a wife or husband who does not accept you is a dark valley to walk through.

We don't need to justify love; it is there or not there. Real love is accepting other people the way they are without trying to change them.

Everything I know, I know because of love.

We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.

Dating is not only a wonderful time of life, but also a context for enormous spiritual and personal growth. You learn so much about yourself, others, God, love, spirituality, and life through dating. Done well, it can be fulfilling in and of itself. Done well, it can be one of the most fun and rewarding aspects of your life. Done well, it can lead to a good marriage.

Lovers are not snails; they don't have to protrude from their shells and meet each other halfway. Meet me within your own self.

To me, a great love story is a great love story, and it doesn't matter what gender is involved.

Love is something you fall into.

One of the many quotes on love..."Love can come only with time and sentience. We learn it as we learn language--and some never learn it well. Love is like a tool, though it is not a tool; something strange and wonderful to use, difficult to master, and mysterious in its provenance.