Bell Hooks Quotes

I think anyone can fall in love, if you're open and you're willing, but the real test is sustaining it after all the excitement has worn off.

I think to love somebody every day for a long period of time is the most romantic thing you can do.

The person who does not decide to love forever will find it very difficult to really love for even one day.

The love of a girl can make a man stay on when he should go,Just tryin' to build a peaceful life where love is free to grow.

True love that lasts forever... yes, I do believe in it. My parents have been married for 40 years and my grandparents were married for 70 years. I come from a long line of true loves.

A successful marriage isn't necessarily one that lasts until you're dead.

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

Lot's of marriages don't last as long as Queen have been together.

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife.

The word 'romance,' according to the dictionary, means excitement, adventure, and something extremely real. Romance should last a lifetime.

True love lasts forever.

Falling in love is really relatively easy compared to staying in love and building a family that lasts.

I've never seen anyone deal in a literary way with what it takes to stay married for more than 50 years, and that seemed like a worthy goal.

I dare you to be married for 44 years and exceed anyone's expectations.

It's easy to fall in love, but it's a lot harder to sustain love.

'Stay' is all about how to stay in a relationship past the newness and love stronger.

The dog lasted. The marriage didn't. So it shows which relationship was meant to be.

Loving the same man or woman all your life, why, that's like supposing the same candle could last you all your life

I don't think there's a specific route to take to make a relationship last a long time. And who knows what the future will bring. Please God we are happy forever, but you just don't know what's round the corner. For me the key issue is not to be selfish, on both sides. I think the moment someone becomes selfish they let the other person down.

Love me less, but love me for a long time

Commitment to love - to growth, to authentic power is an everyday application of your will.

Liking is more important than loving. It lasts. I want what is between us to last, Luke. I don't want us just to love each other and marry and get tired of each other and then want to marry some one else.

Falling in love is the easiest thing in the world. It's standing in love that matters.

I think great relationships are great partnerships, and those come in all shapes, sizes, forms, ages. The only tip I have for anyone in a relationship or a partnership is work on it when it's good. It's very easy to try to take the break when things are going good, but that's the time you have to keep working on it, because you can keep it good, and that's worth a lot.