Love is that first feeling you feel before all the bad stuff gets in the way.

爱是在那些坏事出现之前，你所能体验到的第一种感觉。

When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth.

当某人爱你的时候，就连他们称呼你名字的方式都显得大不相同。你知道，你的名字在他们的嘴里是安全的。

Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.

爱是当你在外出吃东西的时候，情愿把自己的大部分法式炸薯条分给对方，却并不期待他们也这样做。

Love is when someone hurts you, and you get so mad but you don’t yell at them because you know it would hurt their feelings.

爱是当某人在伤害你、让你感到生气的时候，你却并不向他们大叫；因为你知道：这样做会伤害他们的感情。

Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired.

爱能使你在疲倦的时候仍然面带微笑。

Love is when your puppy is so glad to see you even though you left him alone all day.

爱就像你的小狗似的，尽管你让它在家里独自呆了一天，可它仍然很高兴见到你。

Love is taking action to reach out and help others.

爱，即是采取行动，去帮助别人，证明你对他们的爱。

When you have love in your heart, you can see beauty in everything.

只要心中有爱，你就能在一切事物中看到美。

Love makes even the most dreary days scintillate with beauty.

即使是最沉闷的日子，爱也能令它散发出美丽的光芒来。

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