THE MEANING OF LOVE

• "Love is that first feeling you feel before all the bad stuff gets in the way."
• "When someone loves you, the way she says your name is different. You know that your name is safe in her mouth."
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• "Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other."
• "Love is when someone hurts you. And you get so mad but you don't yell at him because you know it would hurt his feelings."
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• "Love is what makes you smile when you're tired."
• "Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK."
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• "Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My mommy and daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss but they look happy and sometimes they dance in the kitchen while kissing."
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• "Love is hugging. Love is kissing. Love is saying no."
• "Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday."

• "Don't feel so bad if you don't have a boyfriend. There's lots of stuff you can do without one."
• "Love is when mommy sees daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford."
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• "If you want somebody to love you, then just be yourself. Some people try to act like somebody else, somebody the boy likes better. I think the boy isn't being very good if he does this to you and you should just find a nicer boy."
• "Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day."
• "My enemies taught me how to love."
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• "You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget."
• "You have to fall in love before you get married. Then when you're married, you just sit around and read books together."
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• "Love cards like Valentine's cards say stuff on them that we'd like to say ourselves, but we wouldn't be caught dead saying."
• "When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you."
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• "You never have to be lonely. There's always somebody to love, even if it's just a squirrel or a kitten."
• "You can break love, but it won't die."