Key Insights & Memorable Quotes
Below are the most popular and impactful highlights and quotes from Ugly Love:
“Love isn't always pretty. Sometimes you spend all your time hoping it'll eventually be something different. Something better. Then, before you know it, you're back to square one, and you lost your heart somewhere along the way.”
“God gives us the ugliness so we don’t take the beautiful things in life for granted.”
“When life gives you lemons, make sure you know whose eyes you need to squeeze them in.”
“I didn’t fall in love with you… I flew.”
“Sometimes not speaking says more than all the words in the world.”
“Ugly love becomes you. Consumes you. Makes you hate it all. Makes you realize that all the beautiful parts aren't even worth it. Without the beautiful, you'll never risk feeling the ugly. So you give it all up. You give it all up. You never want love again, no matter what kind it is, because no type of love will ever be worth living through the ugly love again.”
“It's the beautiful moments like this that make up for the ugly love”
“Some people they grow wiser as they grow older. Unfortunately, most people just grow older.”
“The pain will always be there.So will the fear.But the pain and fear are no longer my life. They're only moments.”
“That’s how it is when a person develops an attraction toward someone. He’s nowhere, then suddenly he’s everywhere, whether you want him to be or not.”
“But the second she opened her eyes and looked at me, I knew. She was either going to be the death of me . . . or she was going to be the one who finally brought me back to life.”
“What rules?”“Well, for one, I’m not allowed to break your heart,” he says. “Second, I’m also not allowed to break your damn heart. And last, I’m not allowed to fucking break your damn heart.”
“Hearts get infiltrated.Promises get broken.Rules get shattered.Love gets ugly.”
“If I were capable of loving someone . . . it would be you.”
“You're looking at me like you fell in love with me.""I didn't fall in love with you. I flew.”
“Whoever coined the phrase, I love you to death obviously never experienced the kind of love Tate and I share. If that were the case, the phrase would be I love you to life. Because that’s exactly what Tate did. She loved me back to life.”
“The smaller the house, the more a family is forced to love one another.”
“You make it so hard to breathe.”
“The ugly parts of love can’t lift you up.They bring youDOWN.They hold you under.Drown you.You look up and think, I wish I was up there.But you’re not.Ugly love becomes you.Consumes you.Makes you hate it all.Makes you realize that all the beautiful parts aren’t even worth it. Without the beautiful, you’ll never risk feeling this.You’ll never risk feeling the ugly.So you give it up. You give it all up. You never want love again, no matter what kind it is, because no type of love will ever be worth living through the ugly love again.I’ll never let myself love anyone again, Rachel.Ever.”
“I know the thought of confronting your past terrifies you.It terrifies every man. But sometimes we don't do it ourselves. We do it for the people we love more than ourselves.”
“I suppose if a man lived through the ugliest side of love, he might never want to experience it again.”
“I’m terrified to lose him for good, so I sell myself short and take what I can from him, even though I know I deserve better.”
“Listen, Tate. I want your mess. I want your clothes on my bedroom floor. I want your toothbrush in my bathroom. I want your shoes in my closet. I want your mediocre leftovers in my fridge.”
“Love isn’t always pretty, Tate. Sometimes you spend all your time hoping it’ll eventually be something different. Something better. Then, before you know it, you’re back to square one, and you lost your heart somewhere along the way.”
“You deserve so much more than what you're allowing yourself to have.”
“There's nothing in the world that compares to the feel and smell of brand-new rain.”
“It may be a small piece at a time, but my past is yours now. All of it. Anything you want to know, I want to tell you. But only if you promise me I can also have your future.”
“If you love me more today than you loved me yesterday, then I can’t wait for tomorrow,” she says.”
“Sometimes not speaking says more than all the words in the world. Sometimes my silence is saying, I don't know how to speak to you. I don't know what you're thinking. Talk to me. Tell me everything you've ever said. All the words. Starting form the very first one.”
“He’s everywhere.Everything is Miles.That’s how it is when a person develops an attraction toward someone. He’s nowhere, then suddenly he’s everywhere, whether you want him to be or not.”
