--- title: "8 Love Chosen Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Love Chosen quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Love Chosen sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/496/akemi-g-27883_freely_in-order-for-love-to-be-love-it-must-be_531990.jpg" --- > [“In order for love to be love, it must be chosen freely.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/akemi-g/in-order-for-love-to-be-love-it-must-be-chosen-freely/) [Akemi G](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/akemi-g/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/496/akemi-g-27883_freely_in-order-for-love-to-be-love-it-must-be_531990.jpg) > [“I did not have to learn to love you: You were chosen for me. I knew that the first time I saw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-nelson/i-did-not-have-to-learn-to-love-you-you-were-chosen-for-me-i-knew/) [Marilyn Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff7/marilyn-nelson-35815_carver_i-did-not-have-to-learn-to-love-you-you_914862.png) > [“But I am half a man, wholly in love, and so I have chosen to let you leave me instead.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-sotto/but-i-am-half-a-man-wholly-in-love-and-so-i-have-chosen-to-let-you/) [Samantha Sotto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-sotto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1b/samantha-sotto-16543_love_but-i-am-half-a-man-wholly-in-love-and-s_1134331.jpg) > [A cat does not want all the world to love her -- only those she has chosen to love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-thomson/a-cat-does-not-want-all-the-world-to-love-her-only-those-she-has/) [Helen Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-thomson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a3/helen-thomson-242134_famous-love_a-cat-does-not-want-all-the-world-to-lov_1510585.jpg) > [Having made the decision to love, had I chosen life instead of death?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/having-made-the-decision-to-love-had-i-chosen-life-instead-of-death/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dec/richard-bach-424_chosen_having-made-the-decision-to-love-had-i-c_1675937.png) > [Every fall into love involves the triumph of hope over self-knowledge. We fall in love hoping we won't find in another what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-de-botton/every-fall-into-love-involves-the-triumph-of-hope-over-self-knowledge/) [Alain de Botton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-de-botton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df9/alain-de-botton-221_beloved_every-fall-into-love-involves-the-triump_1969532.jpg) > [“Love must be chosen. It must be free, and it must be from the heart, without external motivations. But, quite frankly, it’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-a-boyd/love-must-be-chosen-it-must-be-free-and-it-must-be-from-the-heart/) [Gregory A. Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-a-boyd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf1/gregory-a-boyd-9424_chosen_love-must-be-chosen-it-must-be-free-and_2811198.jpg) > [I really love my chosen craft. No matter whether it's disappearing or disappeared from the mainstream, that's really been where my mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bock/i-really-love-my-chosen-craft-no-matter-whether-it-s-disappearing-or/) [Charles Bock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc1/charles-bock-15582_craft_i-really-love-my-chosen-craft-no-matter_2861548.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love-chosen/#itemlist", "name": "Love Chosen Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In order for love to be love, it must be chosen freely.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Akemi G" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/akemi-g/in-order-for-love-to-be-love-it-must-be-chosen-freely/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/496/akemi-g-27883_freely_in-order-for-love-to-be-love-it-must-be_531990.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/496/akemi-g-27883_freely_in-order-for-love-to-be-love-it-must-be_531990.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/496/akemi-g-27883_freely_in-order-for-love-to-be-love-it-must-be_531990.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In order for love to be love, it must be chosen freely.” — Akemi G", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I did not have to learn to love you: You were chosen for me. 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