"I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride."
Pablo Neruda
LoveDevotion
Romantic Quotes
200 FAMOUS QUOTES · ROMANTIC
Romantic Quotes
Best romantic quotes from Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Pablo Neruda, Emily Brontë, Keats and Tagore: 200 beautiful lines on love, passion and devotion.
"Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."
Emily Brontë
SoulmatesLove
"In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you."
Jane Austen
ConfessionLove
"You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope."
Jane Austen
LongingLove
"I have for the first time found what I can truly love – I have found you."
Charlotte Brontë
True LoveRomance
"Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love."William Shakespeare
LoveFaithfulness
"My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite."William Shakespeare
Infinite LoveRomance
"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach."
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
LoveDevotion
"I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart)."
E. E. Cummings
LoveTogetherness
"She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies."
Lord Byron
BeautyRomance
"Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs."William Shakespeare
LovePassion
"If I know what love is, it is because of you."
Hermann Hesse
LoveGratitude
"We loved with a love that was more than love."
Edgar Allan Poe
Deep LoveRomance
"Two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one."
Friedrich Halm
SoulmatesUnity
"To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind."
Théophile Gautier
LoveAdmiration
"Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration."
D. H. Lawrence
"The heart wants what it wants – or else it does not care."
Emily Dickinson
HeartDesire
"Wild nights – Wild nights! Were I with thee Wild nights should be Our luxury!"
Emily Dickinson
PassionRomance
"I seem to have loved you in numberless forms, numberless times, in life after life, in age after age, forever."Rabindranath Tagore
Eternal LoveSoulmates
"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
SoulmatesDestiny
"It was not in my fate to be united with my beloved; had I lived longer, I would only have waited longer."
Mirza Ghalib
LongingLove
"Do not ask me, my beloved, for that love I once had for you."
Faiz Ahmed Faiz
"I will meet you yet again – how and where, I do not know."
Amrita Pritam
Eternal LoveHope
"Love is the reduction of the universe to a single being, and the expansion of a single being even to God."
Victor Hugo
LoveUniverse
"We can love completely without complete understanding."
Norman Maclean
LoveAcceptance
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About Romantic Quotes
# Romantic Quotes
Romance has inspired the world's greatest poets, novelists and lovers. Shakespeare's Hamlet told Ophelia to "never doubt I love," Jane Austen's Mr. Darcy confessed how "ardently" he admired Elizabeth, and Rabindranath Tagore imagined loving the same person "in life after life, in age after age, forever." Even Beethoven signed a love letter "Ever thine. Ever mine. Ever ours."
This collection gathers the best romantic quotes from classic literature, poetry and real love letters, by Pablo Neruda, Emily Brontë, John Keats, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Mirza Ghalib, Amrita Pritam, Rumi, Kahlil Gibran and many more. Whether you're writing a love note, planning an anniversary surprise or simply feeling sentimental, these lines say what the heart feels best.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about Romantic quotes.
What is the most romantic quote of all time?
Many readers choose Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways," or Shakespeare's Sonnet 116: "Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds." Emily Brontë's "Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same" is another timeless favourite.
What are some romantic quotes from famous love letters?
Real love letters have produced some of history's most moving lines. Beethoven signed one "Ever thine. Ever mine. Ever ours," John Keats wrote "I cannot exist without you," Napoleon told Josephine he had not spent a day without loving her, and Johnny Cash wrote to June Carter that they had grown old and got used to each other.
What are the best romantic quotes from novels?
Classic novels are full of romance. Jane Austen's Mr. Darcy admits he loves Elizabeth "ardently," Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre says "I have for the first time found what I can truly love," F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote "I love her, and that is the beginning and end of everything," and Thomas Hardy promised "whenever I look up, there will be you."
What are some romantic Urdu and Hindi quotes?
Indian and Urdu poetry is rich in romance. Mirza Ghalib wrote of the foolish heart that cannot find a cure, Faiz Ahmed Faiz asked his beloved to come so the garden could bloom, Mir Taqi Mir said every leaf knew the state of his heart, Amrita Pritam promised "I will meet you yet again," and Amir Khusrau described love as a river where only those who drown cross over.
What are some short romantic quotes for captions?
Short favourites include Walt Whitman's "We were together. I forget the rest," Beethoven's "Ever thine. Ever mine. Ever ours," E. E. Cummings's "I carry your heart with me," Rosemonde Gérard's "I love you more than yesterday, less than tomorrow," and Robert Browning's "Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be."
How can I use romantic quotes?
Romantic quotes are perfect for Valentine's Day cards, anniversary messages, wedding vows and speeches, love letters, proposal notes and couple photo captions. Many people also write a favourite line inside a gift or keep it as a shared motto for their relationship.