*“I can listen no longer in silence. I must speak to you by such means as are within my reach. You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone forever. I offer myself to you again with a heart even more your own than when you almost broke it, eight years and a half ago. Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death. I have loved none but you.” —*Jane Austen, Persuasion

See also

• How to ask someone out on a date
• How to thank someone for being there
• How to give a compliment
• How to say I love you (partner)

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.”― Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets

Start Here

• Before sharing your feelings, be sure you’re clear on your own feelings.
• Consider that everyone has their own love language. Try to figure out your loved one’s language and speak to them in the way that will be most meaningful to them.
• Consider writing your love confession **in a letter.** Not only is it ****highly romantic, but it also gives the other person time to consider their own feelings and respond thoughtfully.
• Remember that a love confession does not entitle you to anything from them - not their affection nor their feelings.

Talking Points

• “You may be surprised to hear this, but…”
• “Something happened to me when I met you. It was like…”
• “You’re wonderful in … ways.”
• “I would like to see you again.”
• “I suggest…place and time, because…”
• “I find you in every poem I read and I hear you in every love song on the radio.”
• “My heart turns to honey when I think of you.”
• “I’ve wanted to tell you for such a long time, but I have feelings for you. Strong feelings.”
• “J’étais si près de toi que j’ai. Froid près des autres.”

• “I’m in the middle of a meeting, but I can’t concentrate because thoughts of you keep pushing the facts and figures straight out of my head.”

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