50 Heartfelt “I Love You” Quotes for Him, Her, and Everyone Special in Your Life

Expressing love can be a truly profound experience, especially when it comes to uttering those three significant words. Articulating the emotions of your heart can often be tricky, which is why entrusting the task to expressive writers may be the best approach.

To simplify matters, we’ve gathered a selection of our favorite “I love you” quotes from esteemed figures like William Shakespeare, Ernest Hemingway, Maya Angelou, Emily Dickinson, and many other talented poets and authors known for their exquisite articulation of love.

Consider the touching words of Nicholas Sparks, who notes, “Our love is like the wind … I can’t see it, but I sure can feel it,” from his novel “A Walk to Remember.” Or recall F. Scott Fitzgerald’s heartfelt sentiment about his wife Zelda: “I love her, and that’s the beginning and end of everything.”

You might also want to take inspiration from iconic film quotes found in classics like “Notting Hill” or “Pride and Prejudice.”

Who could forget Mr. Darcy’s (Matthew Macfadyen) passionate declaration to Elizabeth (Keira Knightley), stating, “You have bewitched me body and soul, and I love, I love, I love you. And wish from this day forth never to be parted from you.”

From quotes expressing love for both her and him, to profound declarations of affection from literary giants, you’re likely to discover something that resonates with your feelings in the curated list below.

So, why delay? Dive in and let the expressions of love pour forth.

Top “I love you” quotes

• “I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.” — Paulo Coelho, “The Alchemist”
• “In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.” — Maya Angelou
• “True love believes everything, and bears everything, and trusts everything.” — Charles Dickens
• “I love you, in my mind where my thoughts reside, in my heart where my emotions live, and in my soul where my dreams are born. I love you.” — Dee Henderson, “The Healer”
• “My love is like the ocean; the more I give to you, the more I have, for both are infinite.” — William Shakespeare, “Romeo and Juliet”

• “To love abundantly is to live abundantly, and to love forever is to live forever.” — Henry Drummond
• “For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.” — Judy Garland
• “To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” — David Viscott
• “I am so in love with you that there isn’t anything else.” — Ernest Hemingway
• “Our love is like the wind … I can’t see it, but I sure can feel it.” — Nicholas Sparks, “A Walk to Remember”

• “I love you more than one more day.” — Joan Didion, “The Year of Magical Thinking”
• “I love you as one loves certain obscure things, secretly, between the shadow and the soul.” — Pablo Neruda, “One Hundred Love Sonnets: XVII”
• “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, “Hamlet”
• “I think I love you. So what am I so afraid of? I’m afraid that I’m not sure of a love there is no cure for.” — The Partridge Family, “I Think I Love You”
• “I love you the more in that I believe you had liked me for my own sake and for nothing else.” — John Keats
• “I love you more than my own skin.” — Frida Kahlo

“I love you” quotes for him

• “How long will I love you? As long as stars are above you, and longer if I can.” — Ellie Goulding, “How Long Will I Love You”
• “I saw that you were perfect, and so I loved you. Then I saw that you were not perfect, and I loved you even more.” — Angelita Lim
• “I confess that I love him, I rejoice that I love him, I thank the maker of Heaven and Earth that gave him to me. The exultation floods me.” — Emily Dickinson
• “My heart is so full of you I can hardly call it my own.” — Liana Rădulescu

• “While I breathe and think, I must love him.” — Charlotte Brontë, “Jane Eyre”
• “My heart is, and always will be, yours.” — Jane Austen, “Sense and Sensibility”
• “I will always love you.” — Dolly Parton, “I Will Always Love You”
• “I love you as only a girl could love a boy. Without fear. Without expectations. Wanting nothing in return, except that you allow me to keep you here in my heart.” — Coco J. Ginger
• “You can’t blame gravity for falling in love.” — Albert Einstein

“I love you” quotes from movies

• “You have bewitched me body and soul, and I love, I love, I love you. And wish from this day forth never to be parted from you.” — Mr. Darcy, “Pride and Prejudice”
• “I’m just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.” — Anna Scott, “Notting Hill”
• “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.” — Harry Burns, “When Harry Met Sally…”
• “I apologize for the blunt delivery, but as problematic as this fact may be, I am in love … with you.” — Graham, “The Holiday”
• “I love you. I knew it the minute I met you. I’m sorry it took so long for me to catch up. I just got stuck.” — Patrizio “Pat” Solitano Jr., “Silver Linings Playbook”

• “I love you, Binky, but I don’t have to like you right now.” — Andie, “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days”
• “Whatever happens tomorrow, or for the rest of my life, I’m happy now … because I love you.” — Phil Connors, “Groundhog Day”
• “The truth of it is, I’ve loved you from the first second I met you.” — Charles, “Four Weddings and a Funeral”
• “Ma, I love him awful.” — Loretta Castorini, “Moonstruck”
• “I like you very much, just as you are.” — Mark Darcy, “Bridget Jones’s Diary”

• “I hope it’s okay if I love you forever.” — Ally Maine, “A Star Is Born”
• “I love you … most ardently.” — Mr. Darcy, “Pride and Prejudice”
• “I love you!” — Princess Leia. “I know,” — Han Solo. — “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back”
• “Because of your love, I will never be a lonely spirit.” — Li Mu Bai, “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”
• “I’ve come here with no exceptions, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is, and always will be, yours.” — Edward Ferrars, “Sense and Sensibility”

“I love you” quotes for her

• “This guy’s in love with you. Yes, I’m in love. Who looks at you the way I do?” — Herb Alpert, “This Guy’s in Love With You”
• “I love her, and that’s the beginning and end of everything.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald
• “I loved her not for the way she danced with my angels, but for the way the sound of her name could silence my demons.” — Christopher Poindexter
• “I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you.” — Ben Folds, “The Luckiest”
• “She is all the great heroines of the world in one. She is more than an individual. I love her, and I must make her love me.” — Oscar Wilde, “The Picture of Dorian Gray”

• “Whenever my mind wanders, it always finds its way back to you.” — Ranata Suzuki
• “I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.” — Charles Dickens, “Great Expectations”
• “You make me want to be a better man.” — Melvin Udall, “As Good as It Gets”
• “If I know what love is, it is because of you.” — Hermann Hesse
• “I’ve never had a moment’s doubt. I love you. I believe in you completely. You are my dearest one. My reason for life.” — Ian McEwan, “Atonement”