--- title: "7 Touches Love Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 7 Touches Love quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Touches Love sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00c/joan-didion-497_cities_i-was-in-love-with-new-york-i-do-not-mea_239765.jpg" --- > [I was in love with New York. I do not mean 'love' in any colloquial way, I mean that I was in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-didion/i-was-in-love-with-new-york-i-do-not-mean-love-in-any-colloquial-way/) [Joan Didion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-didion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00c/joan-didion-497_cities_i-was-in-love-with-new-york-i-do-not-mea_239765.jpg) > [Hate controls everything it touches, but love sets everything it touches free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryant-h-mcgill/hate-controls-everything-it-touches-but-love-sets-everything-it/) [Bryant H. McGill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryant-h-mcgill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b4/bryant-h-mcgill-2612_free_hate-controls-everything-it-touches-but_261189.jpg) > [...quite simply, I was in love with New York. I do not mean “love” in any colloquial way, I mean that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-didion/quite-simply-i-was-in-love-with-new-york-i-do-not-mean-love-in-any/) [Joan Didion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-didion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f86/joan-didion-497_cities_quite-simply-i-was-in-love-with-new-york_657007.jpg) > [“Quite simply, I was in love with New York. I do not mean “love” in any colloquial way, I mean that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-didion/quite-simply-i-was-in-love-with-new-york-i-do-not-mean-love-in-any-2/) [Joan Didion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-didion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98b/joan-didion-497_emotional-balance_quite-simply-i-was-in-love-with-new-york_1126522.jpg) > [“I step in to give him a hug, but his hand comes in between us. His hand. Because he doesn't want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jolene-perry/i-step-in-to-give-him-a-hug-but-his-hand-comes-in-between-us-his-hand/) [Jolene Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jolene-perry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d7/jolene-perry-21829_love_i-step-in-to-give-him-a-hug-but-his-hand_1423411.jpg) > [“Come with me outside," he says, and I feel his hand on mine. "We won't go far." I can't see him; but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/come-with-me-outside-he-says-and-i-feel-his-hand-on-mine-we-won-t-go/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ad/ally-condie-434_love_come-with-me-outside-he-says-and-i-feel_1889116.jpg) > [“…quite simply, I was in love with New York. I do not mean "love" in any colloquial way, I mean that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-didion/quite-simply-i-was-in-love-with-new-york-i-do-not-mean-love-in-any-3/) [Joan Didion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-didion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd7/joan-didion-497_first-person_quite-simply-i-was-in-love-with-new-york_2531648.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/touches-love/#itemlist", "name": "Touches Love Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was in love with New York. 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