--- title: "12 Love Genuinely Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 12 Love Genuinely quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Love Genuinely sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfc/marilyn-28316_love_love-is-genuinely-confused-with-sexual-s_952959.png" --- > [Love is genuinely confused with sexual satisfaction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn/love-is-genuinely-confused-with-sexual-satisfaction/) [Marilyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfc/marilyn-28316_love_love-is-genuinely-confused-with-sexual-s_952959.png) > [It fills my heart with joy to know people love me genuinely because every day, that is my intent. To lead with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tabitha-brown/it-fills-my-heart-with-joy-to-know-people-love-me-genuinely-because/) [Tabitha Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tabitha-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b0/tabitha-brown-6768_day_it-fills-my-heart-with-joy-to-know-peopl_2149333.jpg) > [The will to grow is, in essence, the same phenomenon as love. Genuinely loving people are, by definition, growing people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-scott-peck/the-will-to-grow-is-in-essence-the-same-phenomenon-as-love-genuinely/) [M. Scott Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-scott-peck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49d/m-scott-peck-1921_definitions_the-will-to-grow-is-in-essence-the-same_1657315.png) > [“Our most basic emotional need is not to fall in love but to be genuinely loved by another, to know a love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-chapman/our-most-basic-emotional-need-is-not-to-fall-in-love-but-to-be-3/) [Gary Chapman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-chapman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/485/gary-chapman-1325_emotional_our-most-basic-emotional-need-is-not-to_1829163.png) > [“Without trust, you cannot have love. I genuinely want you to find someone to love, someone who will make you happy. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-denning/without-trust-you-cannot-have-love-i-genuinely-want-you-to-find/) [Susan Denning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-denning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a0/susan-denning-24145_love_without-trust-you-cannot-have-love-i-gen_2842156.jpg) > [When you fall in love, you genuinely hear violin being played in the background. You genuinely feel that clouds are bursting and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pulkit-samrat/when-you-fall-in-love-you-genuinely-hear-violin-being-played-in-the/) [Pulkit Samrat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pulkit-samrat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff3/pulkit-samrat-6464_beautiful_when-you-fall-in-love-you-genuinely-hear_2219515.jpg) > [“Third, one who is "in love" is not genuinely interested in fostering the personal growth of the other person. "If we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-chapman/third-one-who-is-in-love-is-not-genuinely-interested-in-fostering-the/) [Gary Chapman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-chapman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba0/gary-chapman-1325_fall-in-love_third-one-who-is-in-love-is-not-genuinel_1358784.png) > [Every man would fall in love with their voice, their lovely appearance, but no man would ever get past that. They'd never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-hocking/every-man-would-fall-in-love-with-their-voice-their-lovely-appearance/) [Amanda Hocking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-hocking/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/918/amanda-hocking-1305_appearance_every-man-would-fall-in-love-with-their_24432.png) > [Our most basic emotional need is not to fall in love but to be genuinely loved by another, to know a love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-chapman/our-most-basic-emotional-need-is-not-to-fall-in-love-but-to-be-2/) [Gary Chapman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-chapman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b7/gary-chapman-1325_choices_our-most-basic-emotional-need-is-not-to_1610302.png) > [“Our most basic emotional need is not to fall in love but to be genuinely loved by another, to know a love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-chapman/our-most-basic-emotional-need-is-not-to-fall-in-love-but-to-be/) [Gary Chapman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-chapman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/296/gary-chapman-1325_fall-in-love_our-most-basic-emotional-need-is-not-to_1053160.jpg) > [“Research seems to indicate that there is a third and better alternative: We can recognize the in love experience for what it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-chapman/research-seems-to-indicate-that-there-is-a-third-and-better/) [Gary Chapman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-chapman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/078/gary-chapman-1325_fall-in-love_research-seems-to-indicate-that-there-is_3227580.jpg) > [“I was merely making more perceptible that binary rhythm which love adopts in all those who have too little confidence in themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-proust/i-was-merely-making-more-perceptible-that-binary-rhythm-which-love/) [Marcel Proust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-proust/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c43/marcel-proust-114_fall-in-love_i-was-merely-making-more-perceptible-tha_2367859.jpg) ## Top authors on Love Genuinely - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gary-chapman-36937.jpg) Gary Chapman 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love-genuinely/gary-chapman/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love-genuinely/#itemlist", "name": "Love Genuinely Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Love is genuinely confused with sexual satisfaction", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marilyn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn/love-is-genuinely-confused-with-sexual-satisfaction/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfc/marilyn-28316_love_love-is-genuinely-confused-with-sexual-s_952959.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfc/marilyn-28316_love_love-is-genuinely-confused-with-sexual-s_952959.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfc/marilyn-28316_love_love-is-genuinely-confused-with-sexual-s_952959.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Love is genuinely confused with sexual satisfaction” — Marilyn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It fills my heart with joy to know people love me genuinely because every day, that is my intent. 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