I know there a ton I’ve missed, so let me know in the comments below what love quotes, songs and sayings should be on this list.

…And if you don’t already I know…  I love you.  Thanks for being here.

LOVE QUOTES, POEMS, SONGS and SAYINGS

True love begins when nothing is looked for in return.  ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery

You know you are in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams. ~Dr Suess

If you have love, you don’t need to have anything else. If you don’t have it, it doesn’t matter much what else you have  ~James M. Barri

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.  ~Robert Heinlein

Love doesn’t make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.  ~Franklin Jones

You can’t blame gravity for falling in love.  ~Albert Einstein

Better to have loved and lost than never have loved at all.  ~Hemmingway

The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic that to love others.  ~Vincent van Gogh

I love you, not only for what you are, But for what I am when I am with you.  ~Roy Croft

There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.  ~George Sand

I hope you don’t mind that I put down in words, how wonderful life is while you’re in the world.  ~Elton John

You make me feel so young.  You make me feel like spring has sprung.  ~Frank Sinatra

It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them. ~Agatha Christie

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever. ~Alfred Lord Tennyson

Love makes the wildest spirit tame, and the tamest spirit wild. ~Alexis Delp

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. ~Helen Keller

I love you, not only for what you are, But for what I am when I am with you. ~Roy Croft

Love reminds you that nothing else matters. ~Amy Bushell

I don’t wish to be everything to everyone, but I would like to be something to someone. ~Javan

Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being “in love” which any of us can convince ourselves we are.

Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two.  ~Louis de Berniere

Here are my YouTube love music video dedications for Friday, Feb 3. If you’d like to make a dedication, tweet, email or Facebook me.

1.  I dedicate “Don’t Rain On My Parade” to @PegCorwin.  Peg is my business coach from SCORE (an amazing and free resource for small business owners and entrepreneurs) and she selflessly donates her time and wisdom to inquiring business newbies like, um… me.  Meeting with her monthly keeps me sane and I’m so grateful for her time.  I should thank @TheLocalTourist for the intro to Peg.  #girlpower

2. @JodyRobbins has been especially cool to me this past week and I’ll take this opportunity to publicly thank him.  He’s been super generous with his business knowledge and maybe the older brother I never had.  Thanks Dude.  I picked this song ’cause you kinda remind me of Tom Petty.  Maybe it’s the hair.  Maybe it’s cause y’all are both cool.

3.  Dedicated to @MafiaHairdreser at @MyChicagoSalon because when he gives me a haircut…  I feel pretty.  He’s also a great story-teller.  Not only as he cuts my hair but as an author, as well.  Click here to order one or both of his latest books and live vicariously through the wild world of Mafia Hairdresser.

PAST VIDEO LOVE SONG DEDICATIONS:

• Feb 2
• Feb 1

PS:  I’m taking the weekend off of dedications, but will pick it back up on Monday, so send ‘em in!

Today’s first dedication goes to my adorable brother, Jason Knoedl.  Today is his birthday and he is one totally awesome dude (God’s honest truth, Ladies).  I love him and we (his family) wish him a very happy birthday.  The Beatles were before your time, Jay… but just roll with it, ok?

The second dedication turned into an entire video playlist when I got help from my friends on Twitter and Facebook.  An unnamed girlfriend is having man troubles tonight so I made a Girl Power Break Up Playlist on YouTube and it’s got some gems in it like Joan Jett’s “I hate myself for loving you” and Christina Aguilara’s “Fighter”.

Thanks to all who contributed.  If you wanna see the Facebook post with all the contributions, click here.

Feel free to leave your video dedications in the comments below.

I was listening to my iPod today and Everything I Own came on by Bread and it made me think of mi abuelita because I miss her so much still, after all these years.  And then I thought- I should dedicate a love song to her for Valentine’s Day.  And then I thought… “That might bum people out a little”.

So then I thought- I should mix it up.  And that’s when I decided y’all would like to play DJ too.  So- I want you to fill out the form at the bottom with your dedications and I’ll post them daily (I hope).

I don’t know how many I’ll post each day.  I guess it just depends on how many dedications I get.  It’ll be a game time decision.  One caveat- it’s gotta have a YouTube link- ’cause I’m visual.

Anyway, I’ll start with my first dedication to… the guy at the Starbucks across from the Tribune Tower this morning.  Why would you leave without asking me out?

The next is to an organization that helps over 18 local charities with their annual Gala called First Look for Charity at the Chicago Auto Show.  I made a video of Media Preview Day here.  And since Blues Traveler is the headlining band at the Gala (Yesss!) I dedicate Run-around to the success of ticket sales.  (Plus- it just makes me wanna bounce.)

And full circle to Abuelita.  I know you’re with me, but I wish I could hug you.

Coincidentally, the best YouTube video I could find for “Everything I Own” has Spanish subtitles, her first language.

Okay.  You’re turn.  Make your dedications on the form below.  Make someone’s day.  Don’t be a weenie.

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads that are just trying to spins a sturdy web for their families… and eat bugs.

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