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Valentine's Day, declaration of love, engagement, wedding ... Here are 20 messages of love

Looking for inspiration to say I love you? Here are 20 short texts on love selected from French literature by Monsieur de France to help you say je t'aime.

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1 it's an understatement

 

it's an understatement to say I love you

Jean Ferrat

 

 

2 my hand holds yours 

 

"I don't know where I'm going, but I walk better when my hand holds yours"

Alfred de Musset. 

 

Photo rSolominViktor depositphotos

Photo rSolominViktor depositphotos

 

 

3 How do you say I love you?

 

"You're right, words fail, the heart is full, speech is empty. How do you say you love? How do I express it to a woman like you? With what words can I convey the mixture of tenderness, respect, esteem, admiration, devotion and adoration that a soul like yours inspires in a heart like mine? I renounce it! The human word is not made to express the infinite, and I am content to tell you that I love you".

Victor Hugo;

 

 

4 I'm thinking of you 

 

"Whatever you do. Wherever you are. Nothing erases you, I think of you".

Jean Jacques Goldman.

 

 

5 ith you I'm happy

 

"With you, I'm happy even when I'm unhappy. Without you, I'm unhappy even when I'm happy"

Léon Gauthier. 

 

 

6 I've spent my life waiting for you 

 

"I've spent my life waiting for you or looking for you. Finally you're here! A little late, perhaps, but you're the one I want to be with until death do us part.

Romain Guilleames. 

 

 

Psyche embracing love by Canova / Musée du Louvre Paris.  Photo chosen by monsieur de France; depositphotos

Psyche embracing love by Canova / Musée du Louvre Paris.  Photo chosen by monsieur de France; depositphotos

 

 

7 I want to live with you 

 

"I want to live with you. To have the same longing or the same misfortunes, exchanging smiles or confusing our tears, but parting with the worst as we do with the best. To live! I want to live with you!

Charles Aznavour

 

 

You will be for me unique in the world.

 

"We'll need each other. You will be for me unique in the world. I will be unique in the world for you".

Antoine de Saint Exupéry;

 

 

9 I love you more every day

 

"Every day I love you more. Today more than yesterday and much less than tomorrow"

Rosemonde Gérard. 

 

 

10  like a beautifull day

 

"I love you as one loves a beautiful, still, high summer day, between morning and evening. I think of you in such a strong way that your absence beats in me like a door in the wind"

Lucien Becker

 

 

 

 

11 I'll eternaly

 

"I loved you yesterday. I love you more today. I'll love you more tomorrow and every day of my life. Whatever difficulties we may encounter, never doubt the love I feel for you. You are the only one I love and will love forever".

Joëlle Laurencin.

 

 

12 Keep my “je t'aime"

 

"Keep my I love you, I created them for you" 

Valérie Coeur

 

 

13  living without loving 

 

"And to live without loving is not to live" 

Molière.

 

 

14 Read that I love you

"Wherever there will be nothing: read that I love you" 

Diderot. 

 

 

15 Free

"Love is free"

Colette

 

 

Le printemps / the spring Par Pierre Auguste Cot — Metropolitan Museum of Art, online collection (Identifiant Metropolitan Museum of Art 438158), Domaine public, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20137984

Le printemps / the spring Par Pierre Auguste Cot — Metropolitan Museum of Art, online collection (Identifiant Metropolitan Museum of Art 438158), Domaine public, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20137984

 

 

16 True love 

"True love is when silence is no longer awkward" 

Jean Jacques Goldman

 

 

17 There is no love

"There is no love, there are only proofs of love"

Pierre Reverdy

 

 

 

 

18 Nothing impossible

"To those who know how to love well, there is nothing impossible"

Pierre Corneille

 

 

19 the journey

"The most beautiful journey we make here below is the one we make towards each other"

Paul Morand

 

 

20 for ever

"To you my life, my heart, my tenderness... To you my life forever"

Charles Trenet. 

 

the French-language version of these texts is here

Jérôme Baron Prod'homme

Jérôme Baron Prod'homme

Jérôme is “Monsieur de France”, the author of this site. 
An author, he has written numerous columns and features for various media on heritage, tourism and gastronomy. Passionate about history and beautiful sites, he shares with you his tips for traveling in France and preparing your stay by knowing what you'll be able to see. A gourmet, he gives you recipes for France's great and small culinary specialties. Discover also a part of French culture. 

Jérôme Baron Prod'homme

Jérôme Baron Prod'homme

Jérôme is “Monsieur de France”, the author of this site. 
An author, he has written numerous columns and features for various media on heritage, tourism and gastronomy. Passionate about history and beautiful sites, he shares with you his tips for traveling in France and preparing your stay by knowing what you'll be able to see. A gourmet, he gives you recipes for France's great and small culinary specialties. Discover also a part of French culture.