The right phrase can set the tone for the whole day. Sometimes it is obvious — you and your partner already have your line, the one you say to each other all the time. Other times, you end up combing through every corner of the internet, flipping through books, trying to find it. We rounded up a few favorites, sorted by mood, to make that search a little easier.
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Romantic & Timeless
- To love and to cherish
- A love that reads like poetry
- To the moon and back
- Forever begins today
- I found the one my soul loves
- Whither thou goest, I will go
- Love is the ultimate alchemy
- Here, with you, always
- In this life, and the next
- Side by side, hand in hand, heart to heart
- It’s all about love in the end
- Someday we will dream about today
- A story worth telling
- You’re everything I could have dreamed of
- You’re my today and all of my tomorrows
- Until death do us part
- If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you
- Cause all of me loves all of you – John Legend
- Love is the bridge between you and everything – Rumi
Playful & Personal
- Best decision ever
- I do, I do, I really do
- And so the adventure begins
- Still not over you
- Partner in crime, forever
- Adventure buddy for life
- Say less, marry me
- My favorite hello, my hardest goodbye
- And don’t forget to dance
- How lucky are we
- The sex was so good, I had to marry you
- Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love – Albert Einstein
- Kiss me with your eyes — Andy Warhol
Photo: Pinterest, Leanne Doyle
Literary & Meaningful
- In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours — widely attributed to Maya Angelou
- Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind — William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Behind every great love is a great story — Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook
- Come what may — popularized by the film Moulin Rouge!
- Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same — Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
- You are my world, my gravity, my reason – Doctor Who
- And they lived, happily ever after — classic fairy-tale ending
- Time is how you spend your love — Nick Laird
- Love is patient, love is kind — 1 Corinthians 13
- How do I love thee? Let me count the ways — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be — Robert Browning
- I look at you and I’m home — Dory, Finding Nemo
- I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone – J.R.R. Tolkien
- You mean more to me than anyone in this whole wide world. – Peter Pan
- I would not wish any companion in the world but you. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest
Photo: Pinterest, Aubrey Elizabeth Photo
Short & Sweet
- Est. [wedding year]
- You + me
- Always
- So this is love
- Chapter one, together
- Together, always
- Yes, forever
- Home
- Me & you
- Joy forever
- Happily ever after
- Yours, always
- Everlasting love
- Two souls, one heart
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Lost in Translation
- Je t’aime (French — I love you)
- Mon amour (French — my love)
- Contigo, hasta el fin del mundo (Spanish — With you, until the end of the world)
- Aishiteru (Japanese — I love you, deeply)
- Sei la mia dolce metà (Italian — You are my better half)
- Te amo (Spanish — I love you)
- Mi amor (Spanish — my love)
- Amore mio (Italian — my love)
- Para siempre (Spanish — forever)
- Il n’y a qu’un bonheur dans la vie, c’est d’aimer et d’être aimé — George Sand (There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved)
- Toujours (French — always)
- That’s amore (Italian)
