125 Heartfelt Quotes About Secret Love and Hidden Feelings
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Martha SorrenJanuary 22, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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Love is a complex emotion, so if you're not ready to share all your feelings, that's understandable. These heartfelt secret love quotes will make you feel a bit more seen about your own choices. Whether you're harboring a secret crush or in a relationship where you and your partner just want to keep things private, there's a satisfying saying for pretty much any situation. There are even quotes about having an undisclosed love that you desperately want to open up about, but haven't yet or can't yet for whatever reason.Unsurprisingly, many of these quotes come from songs, movies, TV shows, books and poems. Artists are often acutely aware of the struggles that love can present in its many complicated forms, and they've written about it in very relatable ways. It's honestly comforting to know that even some of the most famous artists like Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter have experienced these types of romances too. And in their line of business, secretive romances are almost the norm—one piece of privacy they can hope to maintain.There are also plenty of historical examples of hidden love stories woven through poems and books from the 18th and 19th centuries. This type of romance isn't new, and it's seemingly not going anywhere. If you, too, have hidden or unrequited feelings you're not totally ready to share, these 125 secret crush quotes are for you.Related: 50 Relationship Goals That'll Help You Grow Closer as a Couple
125 Heartfelt Secret Love Quotes
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1. "You taught me a secret language I can't speak with anyone else." — Taylor Swift2. "I don't care what they think. I don't care what they say. What do they know about this love anyway?" — Melissa Etheridge3. "I shall think of you at sunset, and at sunrise, again; and at noon, and forenoon, and afternoon, and always, and evermore, till this little heart stops beating and is still.” — Emily Dickinson4. "I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible." — When Harry Met Sally5. "A mountain keeps an echo deep inside itself. That's how I hold your voice." — Rumi6. "I'm scared of walking out of this room and never feeling the rest of my whole life the way I feel when I'm with you." — Baby in Dirty Dancing7. “It was real, wasn’t it? You and me. Such a long time ago, we were just a couple of kids. But we really loved each other, didn’t we?” — The Notebook8. “I want to know you moved and breathed in the same world with me.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald9. "I just want to say that all this nothing has meant more to me than so many somethings." — Kathleen in You've Got Mail10. "Our secret love I keep hidden in a private place: in your eyes the sign you know, you would be mine." — J.A. Hartley11. "If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.” — Haruki Murakami12. "Our love is like the wind. I can't see it, but I can feel it." — A Walk to Remember13. “That’s my sweetheart in there. Wherever she is, that’s where my home is.” —The Notebook14. "Nobody in the world makes me laugh the way you do. You're my best friend. I just wanna be with you." — Made of Honor15. "Oh, we don't need the world's acceptance; they're too hard on me. They're too hard on you, boy. I'll always be your secret weapon in your arsenal." — Beyoncé16. "If you love someone, you tell them. Even if you're scared that it's not the right thing. Even if you're scared that it'll cause problems. Even if you're scared that it will burn your life to the ground, you say it, and you say it loud and you go from there." — Grey's Anatomy17. “You are a song, a dream, a whisper and I don’t know how I could have lived without you for as long as I have.” — The Notebook18. "There were a lot of reasons to call off my wedding. But the truth is, I didn’t care about any of those reasons until I met you." — The Office19. "I finally understood what true love meant...love meant that you care for another person's happiness more than your own, no matter how painful the choices you face might be.” — Nicholas SparksRelated: The 6 Best Flirty Emojis To Text Your Crush, According to a Relationship Psychologist
Quotes of Hidden Love to Confess
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20. "I've tried so hard to push this feeling away, and keep it locked inside, but every day just feels like a war." — Glee21. "Though these words will never find you, I hope that you knew I was thinking of you today, and that I was wishing you every happiness." — Ranata Suzuki22. "But I got something to tell you that I never thought I would. But I believe you really ought to know. I love you." — Olivia Newton-John23. "Once I had a secret love that lived within the heart of me. All too soon my secret love became impatient to be free." — Doris Day24. "True love cannot be found where it does not exist, nor can it be denied where it does." — Torquato Tasso25. "If you love someone, you say it, you say it right then, out loud. Otherwise, the moment just... passes you by." — My Best Friend's Wedding26. "I don't know, but I think I may be fallin' for you. Droppin' so quickly, maybe I should keep this to myself. Wait until I know you better." — Colbie Caillat27. "We all have secrets we keep locked away from the rest of the world... Friendships we pretend... relationships we hide... but worst of all... love we never let show." — Emily Thorne28. "You will never know love unless you surrender to it." — Fools Rush In29. “In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.” — Jane Austen30. “I do not lack the courage to tell you how I feel. What I fear is how you will react to it.” — Bram Stoker31. "I'm scared of what you'll say, and so I'm hiding what I'm feeling. But I'm tired of holding this inside my head." — Colbie Caillat32. "Your heart is free, have the courage to follow it." — Braveheart33. “We try so hard to hide everything we're really feeling from those who probably our true feelings the most." — Colleen Hoover34. "Now, I shout it from the highest hills, even told the golden daffodils, at last, my heart's an open door, and my secret love's no secret anymore." — Doris Day35. "I don't wanna be your favorite person only when no one is there." — Olivia Rodrigo36. “Love cannot be hidden, it is like light." — Khuliso MamathoniRelated: 8 Signs You’re Actually Too Critical of Your Partner, Psychologists Warn
Secret Crush Quotes for Him
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37. “If I could but know his heart, everything would become easy.” — Jane Austen38. "If you could see that I'm the one who understands you; been here all along, so why can't you see? You belong with me." — Taylor Swift39. "He was both everything I could ever want and nothing I could ever have." — Ranata Suzuki40. “I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.” — The Fault in Our Stars41. "When I saw you over there, I didn't mean to stare. But my mind was everywhere, I wanna know you." — Hannah Montana42. "Am I crazy or fallin' in love? Is it real or just another crush?" — David Archuleta43. "I had to describe the feeling of a crush, I'd say this: You just finished running a mile, and you have to throw up, and you're starving, but no food seems appealing, and your brain becomes fog and you also have to pee. It's this close to intolerable. But I like it." — Becky Albertalli44. "You had me at 'hello.'" — Jerry Maguire45. “But I don’t know if I love him. I just hate him less than everyone else...” ― Megan Howell46. "Summer crushes happen all the time, right? Because you feel far away from the real world, everything seems more... possible. Every person seems more vital." — Emery Lord47. "I fill my calendar with stuff I can do. Maybe if I'm busy, it could keep me from you." — Tessa Violet48. "The very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone." — Jane Austen49. "My heart had a crush on him from the moment we met, but it was faint, and the rest of me stubbornly refused to play along." — Jennifer Harrison50. "This feeling's so alien. if you're just a friend. Are you a secret I'm holdin' in?" — Sabrina Carpenter51. "You could be the one that I love. I could be the one that you dream of." — Taylor Swift52. "I don't know why I'm so afraid to lose you when you're not even mine." — Nurilla Iryani53. "Every time you're near, baby, I get kinda crazy in my head for you, and I don't know what to do." — Jessica Simpson54. "I try not to show how I feel about you. Thinkin' we should wait, but we don't really want to." — Snoh Aalegra55. "That’s why they call them ‘crushes.’ If they were easy, they’d call them something else.” — Sixteen CandlesRelated: 125 Sweet and Sassy Husband Quotes To Let Your Honey Know How Much You Love Him
Secret Crush Quotes for Her
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56. "I love you without knowing how, or when or from where." — Pablo Neruda57. "Loving her in secret was becoming his new favorite thing." — Dannika Dark58. "If I had a flower for every time I thought of you… I could walk through my garden forever." — Alfred Tennyson59. "I love you. I knew it the minute I met you. I'm sorry it took so long for me to catch up." — Silver Linings Playbook60. "I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you." — Ben Folds61. "Who knows how long I've loved you; you know I love you still. Will I wait a lonely lifetime? If you want me to, I will." — The Beatles62. "The hardest thing is loving someone and then having the courage to let them love you back." — The Wedding Date63. “This woman… this woman was her favorite. Crush, love, whatever.” ― R.R. Turock64. “I fell in love with her when we were together, then fell deeper in love with her in the years we were apart.” — Nicholas Sparks65. "I like you very much. Just as you are." —Bridget Jones's Diary66. "She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together" — J.D. Salinger67. "You'd have to stop the world just to stop the feeling." — Chappell Roan68. "I know that admittedly it might not even come true. But in my mind I'm havin' a pretty good time with you." — Noah and the Whale69. "It's really nice to talk to you. It's really nice to hold your hand. And even if we're just friends. We could be more than that." — Beabadoobee70. "You’re sweet like cherry wine. Somethin’ so divine. I can’t get enough of you. I wish you were mine." — Zachary Knowles71. "I'm dreaming you are here with me tonight. Someday, I will be by your side. Together we climb mountains across the sea." — The Adams72. “She was only fascinated under Neptune. Increasingly outside my reach at night.” — Ben Ditmars73. “You are, and always have been, my dream.” — Nicholas SparksRelated: Sweet Nothings To Make Her Feel Truly Appreciated—115 Romantic Love Paragraphs for Her
Quotes for a Secret Relationship
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74. "You kept me like a secret, but I kept you like an oath." — Taylor Swift75. "Whatever the future may hold for us, I want us to face it together." — M.A. Kuzniar76. "They had lots of reasons to keep their relationship a secret, but those reasons seemed extremely unimportant now." — Rachel Reid77. "I don't wanna keep secrets just to keep you." — Taylor Swift78. "Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them." — Bill Russell79. "We are strangers by day, lovers by night." — Stevie Wonder80. "Didn't we know right from the start that we would have to keep this secret or forever stay apart?" — Heart, the band81. "If you cannot hold me in your arms, then hold my memory in high regard." ― Ranata Suzuki82. "No one writes songs about the ones that come easy." — Veronica Mars83. "We are undercover passion on the run." — Stevie Wonder84. "They don't know how special you are. They don't know what you've done to my heart. They can say anything they want, 'cause they don’t know us." — One Direction85. "Nobody does have to know that our love's alive." — Lana Del Rey86. "If I cannot be in your life, then at least let me live in your heart." ― Ranata Suzuki87. "Do you ever think when you're all alone all that we could be, where this thing could go?" — David Archuleta88. "No you can't run away, there is no hiding place. 'Cause you can't run from your heart." — Xscape89. "Pay no mind to what they say. Doesn't matter anyway. Our lips are sealed." — The Go Go's90. “There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.” ― Mark Twain91. "Do you miss us? Wonder if you regret the secret of us." — Gracie Abrams and Taylor Swift92. "You and me twist up, secret creatures. And we'll stay here. Tomorrow go back to being friends." — Dave Matthews Band93. "You can say that we are nothing, but you know the truth." — Chappell Roan94. "And we could live so happily if no one knows that you're with me." — Sabrina Carpenter95. "There's a weapon that we must use in our defense. Silence." — The Go Go'sRelated: If You're Okay, But Not Fine at All, Here Are 125 Sad Love Quotes To Remember All Too Well
Cute Quotes About Secret Love
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96. "Do you want to know a secret? Do you promise not to tell? Let me whisper in your ear; say the words you long to hear. I'm in love with you." — The Beatles97. "Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye." — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.98. "Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough." — George Washington Carver99. "You give me feelings that I adore." — Colbie Caillat100. “I love you. I didn’t come here to tell you I can’t live without you. I can live without you. I just don’t want to.” — Rumor Has It101. "I'll spend forever wonderin' if you knew—I was enchanted to meet you." — Taylor Swift102. “I wrote you 365 letters. I wrote you every day for a year. It wasn’t over; it still isn’t over!” — The Notebook103. "I fall for you every time I try to resist you." — Snoh Aalegra104. "All around us, I see nobody. Here in silence, it's just you and me." — Colbie Caillat105. “Some of us will never know we'd owned someone's heart for a season.” ― Joyce Rachelle106. "You don't have to say you love me. I just wanna tell you something. Lately, you've been on my mind." — Harry Styles107. "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart." — Helen Keller108. "Four years ago, I was just a guy who had a crush, a crush on a girl who had a boyfriend. And I had to do the hardest thing that I've ever had to do, which was just to wait ... but I think, even then I knew I was waiting for my wife." — The Office109. “Sometimes you have to be apart from people you love, but that doesn't make you love them any less. Sometimes you love them more.” — Nicholas Sparks110. "The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love, and be loved in return.” — Moulin RougeRelated: 150 ‘Missing You’ Quotes for Your Sweetheart, Family, Friends & More
Short Secret Love Quotes
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111. "I wish I knew how to quit you." — Jack in Brokeback Mountain112. “Even when I'm sleeping, I go to places where you are.” ― Crystal Woods113. "We'll always have Paris." — Casablanca114. "I wanted it to be you. I wanted it to be you so badly.” — You’ve Got Mail115. "Pick me. Choose me. Love me." — Grey's Anatomy116. "I wish I had done everything on earth with you." — The Great Gatsby117. "I want the fairytale." — Pretty Woman118. "Even when love isn't enough... somehow it is." — Stephen King119. "After all this time?" "Always." — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.120. "Say 'I love you' just in whispers." — Olivia Rodrigo121. "A woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets." — Titanic122. "True love never has to hide." — Beyoncé123. "It's always been you." — Friends124. “I'd learned that some things are best kept secret.” — Nicholas Sparks125. "The very essence of romance is uncertainty." — Oscar WildeUp Next:
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