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We lovelove. We love falling in love. We lovebeing in love. We love the queasy,butterflies-in-the-stomach feelingthat love can bring. We even love romantic notions about love.More than half of all Americans say they believe in love at first sight.But whether it’s an instantaneous feeling or one that happens over time, it can be hard to describe yet easy to experience.“Falling in love can in many ways feel like finally coming home. It’s the combination of an intoxicating hormonal cocktail and the absolute joy and elation of feeling seen and seeing someone else,” explainsLeigh Norén, sex and relationship therapist at Leigh Norén Coaching & Therapy. “While some experience it more intensely than others, one of the most beautiful things about falling in love is how fundamentally hard it is to put into words what you’re feeling. You just know you feel it when you feel it.”Falling in love can in many ways feel like finally coming home.—LEIGH NORÉN, SEX AND RELATIONSHIP THERAPISTFalling in love can take on different contexts, depending on the situation you’re in.Verbalizing your feelingscan give additional meaning during times of celebration, like weddings or graduations, or when significant emotional life events happen, such as a rite of passage event or another life milestone.Many people have tried to put that indescribable feeling into words. We take a look at quotes people share that describe the joy, beauty, mystery, and intrigue of love … and falling in love.What Are the Five Love Languages?25 Quotes on Falling in Love1.    “All love stories are tales of beginnings. When we talk about falling in love, we go to the beginning, to pinpoint the moment of freefall.-  Meghan O’Rourke2.    “At times, we fall in love. And as we fall, we don’t realize how deeply we’re falling, until we’ve completely fallen.”― Mitta Xinindlu3.    “Falling in love is a wonderfully terrifying sensation.”― Steve Maraboli4.    “Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the commonsense.”—Helen Rowland5.    “First best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love.”-  Maya Angelou6.    “I did not understand the concept of ‘falling in love every time’, that is until I looked into your eyes.”― James M. Stoffel, Jr7.    “I search for your eyes, our eyes meet, and something dangerous sparks. My heart skips a beat, and I know this is something I can’t ignore. Again I am falling, falling in love. The further I fall, themore I feel alive.”― Rolf van der Wind8.    “I spend most nights at home falling in love with the idea of you.”― Michael Faudet9. “I think falling in love is always a surprise, right?”—Josh Dallas10. “If it is your time, love will track you down like a cruise missile.-  Lynda Barry11. “In your eyes the stars align like sand filtered in the hourglass of your perfect figure and I lose all reason as this moment becomes forever.”― Curtis Tyrone Jones12. “It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.”― Bertrand Russell13. “Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.”―  Alexander Smith14. “Love is friendship that has caught fire.”―  Ann Landers15. “No one ever fell in love gracefully."— Connie Brockway16. “The bottom line is that we never fall for the person we’re supposed to.”— Jodi Picoult17. “The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.”― Nat King Cole, “Nature Boy”18. “There is nothing wrong with falling in love!”― Han Jisung19.    “A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.”— Mignon McLaughlin20. “True love is durable and hard to find.”― Oscar Auliq-Ice21. “We never get enough of falling in love and believing in love.”— Shemar Moore22. “When we’re falling in love or out of it, that’s when we most need a song that says how we feel. Yeah, I write a lot of songs about boys. And I’m very happy to do that.— Taylor Swift23. “You can’t blame gravity for falling in love.”― Albert Einstein24. “Your hand touching mine. This is how galaxies collide.”― Sanober Khan25. “Your heart falls in love before your mind even knows what happened.”― Anthony T. HincksRomantic Symbols of Love and The Meaning Behind ThemThe Impact of Falling in LoveFalling in love does more than cause a smile to creep across your face when that special someone comes to mind. Yes, there’s the butterflies-in-the-stomach, giddy feeling of excitement. There’s also something physical happening to you inside.“[There are]shifts in ‘feel good’ hormones in the brain. Neurons [are] firing together and wiring together with the deep association … [of] another individual,” explainsJenny Flora Wells, MSW, LSW, ACSW, a holistic therapist.It also impacts us mentally and emotionally.“Mentally, we might feel as if we can’t think of anything else but our loved one. We will have constant thoughts and wonder if there is something wrong. … People around you may find you hard to be around because of the cloud of illusion that hits at the first stage of love —the honeymoon stage,” saysAudrey Hope, a relationship expert. “Emotionally, you may be in a kind of movie, storybook illusion where everything feels different, rosy, and happy as if you want to sing — like they do in musicals and in the old movies. It will be a kind of drug — that has only happy positive effects and [makes] you want to stay on ‘cloud nine’,” she adds.How to Use These Quotes to Anchor Your LoveIt’s a feeling you revel in and want to continually last. Of course, life intervenes and the falling in love feeling changes. It can grow and develop into something richer and more meaningful. But there are still ways you can make thatloving feeling last.Give your love interest something special on a regular basis. A flower, handwritten note, or other small and thoughtful gesture can keep the euphoric feelings alive.Find your favorite quote about love and place it in a frame, perhaps alongside a photo of your loved one. You can put it on the wall, fridge, or on your desk as a constant reminder.Make several quotes along with photos of loving memories with your beloved into a screensaver on your phone or your laptop. Catching a glimpse of one of the quotes or photos can be a grounding reminder of what is important to you.“It’s so easy to get caught up in our daily lives, consumed with work stress, our kids, or just staying afloat. Reading quotes is a great way to inject a little positive energy and remind us of the value of loving our partner,” Norén concludes. “Fundamentally, quotes about falling in love set our priorities straight and remind us of the power of love, and how intoxicating it can be.”How Words of Affirmation Can Enhance Your Relationship

We lovelove. We love falling in love. We lovebeing in love. We love the queasy,butterflies-in-the-stomach feelingthat love can bring. We even love romantic notions about love.

More than half of all Americans say they believe in love at first sight.But whether it’s an instantaneous feeling or one that happens over time, it can be hard to describe yet easy to experience.

“Falling in love can in many ways feel like finally coming home. It’s the combination of an intoxicating hormonal cocktail and the absolute joy and elation of feeling seen and seeing someone else,” explainsLeigh Norén, sex and relationship therapist at Leigh Norén Coaching & Therapy. “While some experience it more intensely than others, one of the most beautiful things about falling in love is how fundamentally hard it is to put into words what you’re feeling. You just know you feel it when you feel it.”

Falling in love can in many ways feel like finally coming home.—LEIGH NORÉN, SEX AND RELATIONSHIP THERAPIST

Falling in love can in many ways feel like finally coming home.

—LEIGH NORÉN, SEX AND RELATIONSHIP THERAPIST

Falling in love can take on different contexts, depending on the situation you’re in.Verbalizing your feelingscan give additional meaning during times of celebration, like weddings or graduations, or when significant emotional life events happen, such as a rite of passage event or another life milestone.

Many people have tried to put that indescribable feeling into words. We take a look at quotes people share that describe the joy, beauty, mystery, and intrigue of love … and falling in love.

What Are the Five Love Languages?

1.    “All love stories are tales of beginnings. When we talk about falling in love, we go to the beginning, to pinpoint the moment of freefall.

-  Meghan O’Rourke

2.    “At times, we fall in love. And as we fall, we don’t realize how deeply we’re falling, until we’ve completely fallen.”― Mitta Xinindlu

3.    “Falling in love is a wonderfully terrifying sensation.”― Steve Maraboli

4.    “Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the commonsense.”

—Helen Rowland

5.    “First best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love.”

-  Maya Angelou

6.    “I did not understand the concept of ‘falling in love every time’, that is until I looked into your eyes.”― James M. Stoffel, Jr

7.    “I search for your eyes, our eyes meet, and something dangerous sparks. My heart skips a beat, and I know this is something I can’t ignore. Again I am falling, falling in love. The further I fall, themore I feel alive.”― Rolf van der Wind

8.    “I spend most nights at home falling in love with the idea of you.”― Michael Faudet

  1. “I think falling in love is always a surprise, right?”

—Josh Dallas

  1. “If it is your time, love will track you down like a cruise missile.

-  Lynda Barry

  1. “In your eyes the stars align like sand filtered in the hourglass of your perfect figure and I lose all reason as this moment becomes forever.”― Curtis Tyrone Jones

  2. “It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.”

― Bertrand Russell

  1. “Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.”

―  Alexander Smith

  1. “Love is friendship that has caught fire.”

―  Ann Landers

  1. “No one ever fell in love gracefully.”

— Connie Brockway

  1. “The bottom line is that we never fall for the person we’re supposed to.”

— Jodi Picoult

  1. “The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.”

― Nat King Cole, “Nature Boy”

  1. “There is nothing wrong with falling in love!”― Han Jisung

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

— Mignon McLaughlin

  1. “True love is durable and hard to find.”― Oscar Auliq-Ice

  2. “We never get enough of falling in love and believing in love.”

— Shemar Moore

  1. “When we’re falling in love or out of it, that’s when we most need a song that says how we feel. Yeah, I write a lot of songs about boys. And I’m very happy to do that.

— Taylor Swift

  1. “You can’t blame gravity for falling in love.”

― Albert Einstein

  1. “Your hand touching mine. This is how galaxies collide.”― Sanober Khan

25. “Your heart falls in love before your mind even knows what happened.”― Anthony T. Hincks

Romantic Symbols of Love and The Meaning Behind Them

Falling in love does more than cause a smile to creep across your face when that special someone comes to mind. Yes, there’s the butterflies-in-the-stomach, giddy feeling of excitement. There’s also something physical happening to you inside.

“[There are]shifts in ‘feel good’ hormones in the brain. Neurons [are] firing together and wiring together with the deep association … [of] another individual,” explainsJenny Flora Wells, MSW, LSW, ACSW, a holistic therapist.

It also impacts us mentally and emotionally.

“Mentally, we might feel as if we can’t think of anything else but our loved one. We will have constant thoughts and wonder if there is something wrong. … People around you may find you hard to be around because of the cloud of illusion that hits at the first stage of love —the honeymoon stage,” saysAudrey Hope, a relationship expert. “Emotionally, you may be in a kind of movie, storybook illusion where everything feels different, rosy, and happy as if you want to sing — like they do in musicals and in the old movies. It will be a kind of drug — that has only happy positive effects and [makes] you want to stay on ‘cloud nine’,” she adds.

It’s a feeling you revel in and want to continually last. Of course, life intervenes and the falling in love feeling changes. It can grow and develop into something richer and more meaningful. But there are still ways you can make thatloving feeling last.

“It’s so easy to get caught up in our daily lives, consumed with work stress, our kids, or just staying afloat. Reading quotes is a great way to inject a little positive energy and remind us of the value of loving our partner,” Norén concludes. “Fundamentally, quotes about falling in love set our priorities straight and remind us of the power of love, and how intoxicating it can be.”

How Words of Affirmation Can Enhance Your Relationship

2 SourcesVerywell Mind uses only high-quality sources, including peer-reviewed studies, to support the facts within our articles. Read oureditorial processto learn more about how we fact-check and keep our content accurate, reliable, and trustworthy.Carlson, D.Over Half of Americans Believe in Love at First Sight.Gallup.Marazziti D, Canale D.Hormonal changes when falling in love.Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2004 Aug;29(7):931-6. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2003.08.006.

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Verywell Mind uses only high-quality sources, including peer-reviewed studies, to support the facts within our articles. Read oureditorial processto learn more about how we fact-check and keep our content accurate, reliable, and trustworthy.Carlson, D.Over Half of Americans Believe in Love at First Sight.Gallup.Marazziti D, Canale D.Hormonal changes when falling in love.Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2004 Aug;29(7):931-6. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2003.08.006.

Verywell Mind uses only high-quality sources, including peer-reviewed studies, to support the facts within our articles. Read oureditorial processto learn more about how we fact-check and keep our content accurate, reliable, and trustworthy.

Carlson, D.Over Half of Americans Believe in Love at First Sight.Gallup.Marazziti D, Canale D.Hormonal changes when falling in love.Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2004 Aug;29(7):931-6. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2003.08.006.

Carlson, D.Over Half of Americans Believe in Love at First Sight.Gallup.

Marazziti D, Canale D.Hormonal changes when falling in love.Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2004 Aug;29(7):931-6. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2003.08.006.

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