14 Powerful Marilyn Monroe Quotes About Love & Heartbreak

It’s better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone — so far.

I don’t care how rich he is, as long as he has a yacht, his own private railroad car, and his own toothpaste.

I can be smart when it’s important. But most men don’t like it.

He understood some things about me, I understood some things about him, and we based our marriage on it.

I expected a flashy New York sports type and instead I met this reserved guy who didn’t make a pass at me right away ... He treated me like something special.

The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space.

My marriage [to James Dougherty] didn’t make me sad, but it didn’t make me happy, either. My husband and I hardly spoke to each other ... This wasn’t because we were angry. We had nothing to say. I was dying of boredom.

It’s doubly difficult to understand that you, the most different, most beautiful human being, chose me to love.

We’re so congenial, This is the first time I’ve been really in love.

Arthur is a serious man, but he has a wonderful sense of humor. We laugh and joke a lot. I’m mad about him.

I think that love and work are the only things that really happen to us.

I won’t let myself fall in love with a man who won’t trust me, no matter what I might do.

I think it’s wonderful that you’re married. I think it’s just elegant.

I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love.