"We are so convinced of the goodness of ourselves, and the goodness of our love, we cannot bear to believe that there might be something more worthy of love than us, more worthy of worship. Greeting cards routinely tell us everybody deserves love. No. Everybody deserves clean water. Not everybody deserves love all the time."
Deserve Love quotes
Deserve Love
11 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
11 quotes
Zadie Smith
Novelist, Essayist
Bellamy Young
Actress
"There's a lot of life on the planet that needs love, wants love, deserves love, in whatever capacity we are able."
Zadie Smith
Novelist, Essayist
"Greeting cards routinely tell us everybody deserves love. No. Everybody deserves clean water. Not everybody deserves love all the time."
Louise Hay
Author, Motivational Speaker
"I now deserve love. romance, and joy - and all the good that Life has to offer me."
Amy Dickinson
Columnist, Author
"I believe that everyone deserves love, and sometimes looking outside your own culture is a good way to find it."
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