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"When you start to really know someone, all his physical characteristics start to disappear. You begin to dwell in his energy, recognize the scent of his skin. You see only the essence of the person, not the shell. That’s why you can’t fall in love with beauty. You can lust after it, be infatuated by it, want to own it. You can love it with your eyes and body but not your heart. And that’s why, when you really connect with a person’s inner self, any physical imperfections disappear, become irrelevant."

—Lisa Unger, Beautiful Lies

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"If we only fell in love with people who were perfect for us…then there wouldn’t be so much fuss about love in the first place."

—Amor Towles, Rules of Civility

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"I can get my head turned by a good-looking guy as much as the next girl. But sexy doesn’t impress me. Smart impresses me, strength of character impresses me. But most of all, I am impressed by kindness. Kindness, I think, comes from learning hard lessons well, from falling and picking yourself up. It comes from surviving failure and loss. It implies an understanding of the human condition, forgives its many flaws and quirks. When I see that in someone, it fills me with admiration."

—Lisa Unger, Beautiful Lies

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"If destiny could bring two people together, then it could just as easily tear them apart, and, if it could tear two people apart, then it could just as easily bring them back together again."

—Lisa Jewell, Vince and Joy

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"That’s what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you’re not so lovable."

—Deb Caletti, The Fortunes of Indigo Skye

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"What was it about relationships that made you feel so vulnerable? Oh, right. A relationship. In any relationship, you put yourself out there. You exposed all of your sensitive nerve endings and your heart and you just had to hope that you trusted the right person."

—Courtney Cole, Every Last Kiss

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"Love is the strangest, most illogical thing in the world."

—Jennifer E. Smith, The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight

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"I think we love who we love and there’s not a damn thing that can be done about it."

—Susan Donovan, He Loves Lucy