Romantic Quotes
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Looking for the perfect words to woo your crush? You've come to the right place. Click on any romantic quote below to see it in context and find out where it falls on Shmoop's pretentious scale. We'll give you details on who said it, when they said it, and in some cases, why on earth they thought it was okay to say it.

"All the lonely Starbucks lovers, they'll tell you I'm insane."Source: Blank Space | Speaker: Taylor Swift

"Because when we love, we always strive to become better than we are."Source: The Alchemist | Author: Paulo Coelho

"Cause I can't make you love me if you don't."Source: I Can't Make You Love Me | Speaker: Bonnie Raitt

"Hey, where did we go? Days when the rains came..."Source: "Brown-Eyed Girl" | Speaker: Van Morrison

"I always say a kiss on the hand might feel very good, but a diamond tiara lasts forever."Source: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Speaker: Lorelei Lee

"I can't help falling in love with you."Source: Can't Help Falling in Love | Speaker: Elvis Presley

"I could dance with you 'til the cows come home. On second thought, I'd rather dance with the cows 'til you came home."Source: Duck Soup | Speaker: Rufus T. Firefly

"I don't care who you are, where you're from, what you did, as long as you love me"Source: "As Long As You Love Me" | Speaker: Backstreet Boys

"I don't think that there's anything worse than being ordinary."Source: American Beauty | Speaker: Angela Hayes

"I feel so close to you right now, it's a force field."Source: Feel So Close | Speaker: Calvin Harris

"I guess maybe I've even loved you before I saw you."Source: A Place in the Sun | Speaker: George Eastman

"I had a great evening; it was like the Nuremberg Trials."Source: Hannah and Her Sisters | Speaker: Mickey

"I just can't get you outta my head."Source: "Can't Get You Out of My Head" | Speaker: Kylie Minogue

"I love that woman. I love her more than sharks love blood."Source: House of Cards | Speaker: Frank Underwood

"I love you only because it's you the one I love"Source: I Do Not Love You Except Because I Love You | Author: Pablo Neruda

"I proved once and for all that the limb is mightier than the thumb."Source: It Happened One Night | Speaker: Ellie Andrews

"I think people should mate for life, like pigeons or Catholics."Source: Manhattan | Speaker: Isaac Davis

"If you liked it, then you shoulda put a ring on it."Source: Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) | Speaker: Beyoncé

"In sleep, he sang to me. In dreams, he came. That voice which calls to me and speaks my name."Source: The Phantom of the Opera (1986 Musical) | Speaker: Christine Daae

"Islands in the stream, that is what we are."Source: Islands in the Stream | Speaker: Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers

"It's amazing. You look like a normal person, but actually you are the angel of death."Source: When Harry Met Sally | Speaker: Sally Albright

"It's not the men in your life that counts. It's the life in your men."Source: I'm No Angel | Speaker: Tira

"It's not the years, honey. It's the mileage."Source: Raiders of the Lost Ark | Speaker: Indiana Jones

"Maybe I'm amazed at the way you love me all the time."Source: "Maybe I'm Amazed" | Speaker: Paul McCartney

"My love for you will still be strong after the boys of summer have gone."Source: The Boys of Summer | Speaker: Don Henley

"Ninotchka, it's midnight. One half of Paris is making love to the other half."Source: Ninotchka | Speaker: Count Leon d'Algout

"O my Luve's like a Red, Red Rose That's newly sprung in June"Source: A Red, Red Rose | Author: Robert Burns

"Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars."Source: Now, Voyager | Speaker: Charlotte Vale

"Open up your mind, let your fantasies unwind."Source: The Phantom of the Opera (1986 Musical) | Speaker: The Phantom

"Private eyes. They're watching you. They see your every move."Source: "Private Eyes" | Speaker: Hall and Oates

"Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime."Source: The Phantom of the Opera (1986 Musical) | Speaker: Christine Daae

"Some infinities are bigger than other infinities."Source: The Fault in Our Stars | Author: John Green

"Some say love, it is a hunger, an endless aching need. I say love, it is a flower and you its only seed."Source: The Rose | Speaker: Bette Midler

"That ain't no Etch-a-Sketch. This is one doodle that can't be undid, Homeskillet."Source: Juno | Speaker: Rollo

"The only one who could ever reach me was the son of a preacher man."Source: Son of a Preacher Man | Speaker: Dusty Springfield

"There was something in the air that night, the stars were bright, Fernando."Source: Fernando | Speaker: ABBA

"Tonight I can write the saddest lines"Source: Tonight I Can Write the Saddest Lines | Author: Pablo Neruda

"We accept the love we think we deserve."Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower | Author: Stephen Chbosky

"What a treacherous thing to believe a person is more than a person."Source: Paper Towns | Author: John Green

"What you call love was invented by guys like me...to sell Nylons."Source: Mad Men | Speaker: Don Draper

"When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."Source: When Harry Met Sally | Speaker: Harry Burns

"When you're reaching for a star, there's a long way to fall."Source: Roxanne | Speaker: C.D. Bales

"Would you be shocked if I put on something more comfortable?"Source: Hell's Angels | Speaker: Helen

"You want the moon? Just say the word, and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down."Source: It's a Wonderful Life | Speaker: George Bailey