The butterflies at the start of a relationship can be equally exciting and nerve-wracking. If you’re reeling at the possibilities and potential of a new special someone, take a cue from the experts. Whether you’re one date in, or looking to define the relationship, here are some quotes for wherever you are on your journey with someone new.
1. “Love is when you meet someone who tells you something new about yourself.”
2. “The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise, we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.”
3. “When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.”
4. “The royal road to a man’s heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.”
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6. “Don’t give up at the first signs of friction: only through clear communication, flexibility and willingness to adapt can you find a relationship that will weather the storms of life.”
7. “Trust in a relationship is very crucial. Without trust, a relationship cannot last as a healthy and happy bond.”
8. “It’s not how long you’ve been with someone that matters, but rather the love you share in your heart.”
–Unknown
9. "Fall in love with someone who makes you glad to be different."
–Sue Zhao
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11. “If a girl starts out all casual with a guy and she doesn't tell him that she wants a relationship, it will never become a relationship. If you give the guy the impression that casual is okay with you, that's all he'll ever want. Be straight with him from the start. If he gets scared and runs away, he wasn't right for you.”
12. “Suddenly life has new meaning to me, there's beauty up above and things we never take notice of, you wake up suddenly you're in love.”
13. “The best part about getting to know you is anticipating that each day brings new surprises that are all about you”
14. “The minute I heard my first love story – I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere – they’re in each other all along.”
–Rumi
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16. “The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.”
17. “Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.”
–Plato
18. “Love must be learned and learned again; There is no end.”
19. “The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.”
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21. “Maybe that's what love is. Having someone who guides you through different experiences, coaxes you to try news things but still makes you feel safe.”
22. “Through you, I realized that life gave me everything.”
23. “I think perhaps love comes from finding someone you feel utterly comfortable with, someone who makes you comfortable with yourself. It's like… finding yourself, or maybe it's like finding the other part of yourself.”
24. “New love is grand. Savor all the crazy, muddled might of it.”
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26. “I would not wish Any companion in the world but you, Nor can imagination form a shape, Besides yourself, to like of.”
27. “It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight.”
28. “There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.”
29. “But you’ve slipped under my skin, invaded my blood and seized my heart.”
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31. “True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked.”
32. “Love is the expansion of two natures in such a fashion that each include the other, each is enriched by the other.”
33. “You might not have been my first love, but you were the love that made all the other loves irrelevant.”
34. “I know you think I'm crazy. Maybe that's because I am. About life, about this moment, about you.”
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36. “It was as though each of them had discovered something unexpected but infinitely desirable. They were not yet sure of each other, but they wanted to be.”
37. “The power of getting to know one another is so immense, eclipsed only by first getting to know ourselves.”
38. “Maybe that’s how we know when a relationship is real. When someone else previously unconnected to us knows us in a way we never thought or believed possible.”
39. “One day someone will walk into your life and make you see why it never worked out with anyone else.”
–Unknown
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There are so many “firsts” to embrace when you begin a new relationship; getting to know someone, letting them get to know you, and perhaps finding love in the process. If you’re too lovestruck to find the words, perhaps the perfect quote can help you tell your crush that you’re ready to start something beautiful with them.