--- title: "12 Love Terrifying Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 12 Love Terrifying quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Love Terrifying sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/358/niall-horan-3241_baby_i-ll-always-defend-the-people-i-love-eve_76795.jpg" --- > [I’ll always defend the people I love even though I’m as terrifying as a baby penguin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niall-horan/i-ll-always-defend-the-people-i-love-even-though-i-m-as-terrifying-as/) [Niall Horan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niall-horan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/358/niall-horan-3241_baby_i-ll-always-defend-the-people-i-love-eve_76795.jpg) > [“Loss of love is the most terrifying feeling in the world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karina-halle/loss-of-love-is-the-most-terrifying-feeling-in-the-world/) [Karina Halle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karina-halle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fc/karina-halle-452_loss-of-love_loss-of-love-is-the-most-terrifying-feel_2069894.jpg) > [I'll always defend the people I love even though I'm about as terrifying as a baby penguin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niall-horan/i-ll-always-defend-the-people-i-love-even-though-i-m-about-as/) [Niall Horan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niall-horan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/794/niall-horan-3241_defend_i-ll-always-defend-the-people-i-love-eve_3019365.jpg) > [Auditioning for something you already know and love is terrifying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-berrington/auditioning-for-something-you-already-know-and-love-is-terrifying/) [Emily Berrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-berrington/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d2/emily-berrington-16172_actor_auditioning-for-something-you-already-kn_494092.jpg) > [“Relief, life, need, love. Terrifying love. Wrenching”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/layla-reyne/relief-life-need-love-terrifying-love-wrenching/) [Layla Reyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/layla-reyne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/108/layla-reyne-15522_life_relief-life-need-love-terrifying-love-wr_1560549.jpg) > [“Find something special. Hold it. Love It. Let it love you back. It will be terrifying but it will be beautiful.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-campbell-bower/find-something-special-hold-it-love-it-let-it-love-you-back-it-will/) [Jamie Campbell Bower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-campbell-bower/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11a/jamie-campbell-bower-11445_love_find-something-special-hold-it-love-it-l_1085971.png) > [“Just thinking about him made her smile, sent a cheerful little shiver up her spine. Love was terrifying and weird, and sometimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stacia-kane/just-thinking-about-him-made-her-smile-sent-a-cheerful-little-shiver/) [Stacia Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stacia-kane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84f/stacia-kane-3143_love_just-thinking-about-him-made-her-smile-s_2823660.jpg) > [Fully to surrender to love can be terrifying. But it is the price life asks in exchange for the possibility of ecstasy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-branden/fully-to-surrender-to-love-can-be-terrifying-but-it-is-the-price-life/) [Nathaniel Branden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-branden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bef/nathaniel-branden-2125_asks_fully-to-surrender-to-love-can-be-terrif_1553286.png) > [“They said that love was terrifying and tender, wild and sweet, and none of it made any sense. But now I knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosamund-hodge/they-said-that-love-was-terrifying-and-tender-wild-and-sweet-and-none/) [Rosamund Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosamund-hodge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db6/rosamund-hodge-12123_love_they-said-that-love-was-terrifying-and-t_3111097.jpg) > [“Love is terrifying and hard and awful but it’s also amazing and beautiful, and there’s something about us, as humans, that wants…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-michael/love-is-terrifying-and-hard-and-awful-but-it-s-also-amazing-and/) [Ted Michael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-michael/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c4/ted-michael-27275_love_love-is-terrifying-and-hard-and-awful-bu_942711.jpg) > [Romantic love can be terrifying. We experience another human being as enormously important to us. So there is surrender -not a surrender…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-branden/romantic-love-can-be-terrifying-we-experience-another-human-being-as/) [Nathaniel Branden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-branden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/nathaniel-branden-2125_experience_romantic-love-can-be-terrifying-we-exper_2077720.png) > [“And maybe love is terrifying. I'm terrified now, but not in the way she would think. I'm terrified because I hate who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-wiess/and-maybe-love-is-terrifying-i-m-terrified-now-but-not-in-the-way-she/) [Laura Wiess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-wiess/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9dd/laura-wiess-8970_children_and-maybe-love-is-terrifying-i-m-terrifi_546923.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love-terrifying/#itemlist", "name": "Love Terrifying Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I’ll always defend the people I love even though I’m as terrifying as a baby penguin.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Niall Horan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niall-horan/i-ll-always-defend-the-people-i-love-even-though-i-m-as-terrifying-as/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/358/niall-horan-3241_baby_i-ll-always-defend-the-people-i-love-eve_76795.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/358/niall-horan-3241_baby_i-ll-always-defend-the-people-i-love-eve_76795.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/358/niall-horan-3241_baby_i-ll-always-defend-the-people-i-love-eve_76795.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I’ll always defend the people I love even though I’m as terrifying as a baby penguin.” — Niall Horan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Loss of love is the most terrifying feeling in the world.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Karina Halle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karina-halle/loss-of-love-is-the-most-terrifying-feeling-in-the-world/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fc/karina-halle-452_loss-of-love_loss-of-love-is-the-most-terrifying-feel_2069894.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fc/karina-halle-452_loss-of-love_loss-of-love-is-the-most-terrifying-feel_2069894.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fc/karina-halle-452_loss-of-love_loss-of-love-is-the-most-terrifying-feel_2069894.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Loss of love is the most terrifying feeling in the world.” — Karina Halle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'll always defend the people I love even though I'm about as terrifying as a baby penguin.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Niall Horan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niall-horan/i-ll-always-defend-the-people-i-love-even-though-i-m-about-as/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/794/niall-horan-3241_defend_i-ll-always-defend-the-people-i-love-eve_3019365.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/794/niall-horan-3241_defend_i-ll-always-defend-the-people-i-love-eve_3019365.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/794/niall-horan-3241_defend_i-ll-always-defend-the-people-i-love-eve_3019365.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'll always defend the people I love even though I'm about as terrifying as a baby penguin.” — Niall Horan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Auditioning for something you already know and love is terrifying.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Emily Berrington" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-berrington/auditioning-for-something-you-already-know-and-love-is-terrifying/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d2/emily-berrington-16172_actor_auditioning-for-something-you-already-kn_494092.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d2/emily-berrington-16172_actor_auditioning-for-something-you-already-kn_494092.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d2/emily-berrington-16172_actor_auditioning-for-something-you-already-kn_494092.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Auditioning for something you already know and love is terrifying.” — Emily Berrington", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Relief, life, need, love. 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We experience another human being as enormously important to us. So there is surrender -not a surrender to the other person so much as to our feeling for the other person. What is the obstacle? The possibility of loss.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nathaniel Branden" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-branden/romantic-love-can-be-terrifying-we-experience-another-human-being-as/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/nathaniel-branden-2125_experience_romantic-love-can-be-terrifying-we-exper_2077720.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/nathaniel-branden-2125_experience_romantic-love-can-be-terrifying-we-exper_2077720.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/nathaniel-branden-2125_experience_romantic-love-can-be-terrifying-we-exper_2077720.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Romantic love can be terrifying. We experience another human being as enormously important to us. 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