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Timeless Letters Example Database Timeless Letters Example Database _____________________________________ Letters Romantic Letter Example # 1 From one new lover to another describing, "How I love thee" I feel so tired and spent. I’ve been working so hard lately. Yet thinking of you brings me back out of that state of mind the drudgery puts me in. All I have to do is imagine your face and it perks me up as much as a triple espresso and makes me so glad to be alive. Your laugh is so musical. Your mannerisms amaze and delight me. Just the way that you cross the room is a mesmerizing exercise in elegance. Your skin is so creamy and smooth. Your eyes are rich and bottomless. How can I put into words what you mean to me? I can put forth trifles like the ones you see above. But even those tender sentences are but a pittance of what my love for you truly feels like. If I was on fire and someone threw me into the Arctic Sea, that very moment when I hit the water might compare to the strength of what I feel when your name rolls off my tongue. 173 words Romantic Letter Example #2 From someone declaring their love When I was thirteen, I saw you for the first time standing on the pier securing your dear old sailboat. I remember thinking you were the dreamiest dreamboat I had ever seen. At the time you were with someone else, and I wasn’t even on your sonar. But now, almost twenty years later, I still look at you and tingle from your handsome smile. And best of all, you see me as someone to trust, to confide in, to play with and to enjoy life with. You make me so happy. I can’t begin to describe how I feel, so I’ll just offer this: Happy Valentine’s Day my love. I love you. 112 Words Romantic Letter Example # 3 From a friend declaring their love Words don’t come easily to me, which makes this letter that much more special. Ever since I met you, I can’t think of anything but you. You have brought so much happiness into my life and I wanted to express my feelings for you in this special way. Many things endear you to me; such as the way you place other people’s feelings before your own. The way you are always willing to drop everything and help a friend in need. Your marvelous sense of humor can keep me laughing for hours, and I especially love the way your eyes light up when you smile. We have been friends for a long time, but I feel it is time to take it to another level. Even though I value our friendship above all others, I am willing to risk loosing it in order to let you know how much I love you. I hope you can reciprocate my feelings, but if not, at least I will never regret not telling you how I feel. 174 Words Romantic Letter Example #4 From lover longing for lover Tonight, I sit alone vividly reliving all those pleasant moments we shared only yesterday. It’s hard to believe that we were together just hours ago, and now we are worlds apart, I in my corner of the Universe and you in yours. Way is it that the good times don’t last? It just doesn’t seem fair especially to two people such as we who are so in love with each other. Sara, even though our physical separation is a fact of life which we cannot change, we are still united in spirit because the love we share knows no bounds. It is universal poetry and with its durability, it shall continue endlessly bringing us strength, patience and hope for a bright and fulfilling future. Truthfully, Sara, the excitement of our last encounter will not easily fade from my memory, and my pulse will always quicken with anticipation at the thought of our next rendezvous. My love, until that joyous moment arrives, take good care of yourself and please keep those letter coming. They help me make it though the lonely times. For now, I want to close this letter with these few words: I love you! – I love you! – I love you! – sincerely, passionately, absolutely! 205 Words *Note: From the book Pearls of Love by Ara John Movsesian Romantic Letter Example #5 From one lover to another, about their lasting relationship. It’s confession time. I am struggling with something new, and so awesome. I struggle with this, because I know there is a risk involved when you tell someone how you truly feel, especially when those feelings run as deep and as wide as the ones I have for you. What should I say? How should I say it? I don’t know for certain how you will respond. I can only wonder if you share these same emotions. I care so much about you. What we have is like holding a small, frail, newborn creature. It needs nurturing. It needs tenderness. It demands caution. It is so precious. And so, I wonder, and I wait. I want you to know what is in my heart. Yet I remain frightened. Do these thoughts seem familiar to you? Perhaps when we are next together this Valentine’s Day, we should talk about them, carefully. Just know for now, that when I hold you in my arms, I am in the safest, most treasured place in the world. I dream the same is true for you, my dearest Valentine. 185 Words *Note: From the book How to write a love letter-Putting What’s in your heart on paper. By Barrie Dolnick Romantic Letter Example #6 From lover longing for lover Just thought I’d write you a short note to tell you how much I enjoyed meeting you at Ruby Skye. I can’t recall when I had a more pleasant time. Everything felt so natural, and you were very easy to talk to. It’s hard for me to identify what it is about you that attracts me so. I suppose it might be the combination of your great sense of humor, your charming personality and your good looks. Whatever it is, I can sense its presence. Yu could call it chemistry or, better yet, the possibility that we’re on the same wavelength. Missy, I really hope that our first encounter was not our last because, I felt very special when I was with you. I truly want to give our friendship a chance to grow. Well, I guess I’ve said enough for the time being. Missy, have a wonderful week and, hopefully, I’ll see you again real soon. If you get a chance, write me and tell me your thoughts. Until I hear from you, take good care of yourself. 179 Words *Note: From the book Pearls of Love by Ara John Movsesian Romantic Letter Example # 7 From one new lover to another about, "Being in love" Imagine the world as a huge field. Then I’ve spent my life combing through it for the perfect flower. It took me a lot of time and effort, but I think I’ve finally found her. You’ve brought so much fun and inspiration into my life over the past few months. When I look into your eyes, I get goose bumps and your very touch is electric and spreads warmth through my entire body and soul. It’s as if I’ve brushed up against a creature too beautiful and perfect to exist in the same universe as I do, and I want to spend every minute in the presence of this strange and wonderful feeling so strong it’s elating and terrifying at the same time. Running across you is, quite simply, the best thing that’s ever happened to me, and I’m very lucky and so madly in love. 146 Words Romantic Letter Example #8 From lover declaring their passion Last night was wonderful. For the first time in my life, I feel I have truly bonded with another human being, not only physically, but also emotionally. I have never known passion before last night. Being with you made me aware of how real passion can be. Even now, writing this letter stirs a longing inside me to feel your luscious lips and to touch your soft, smooth, fragrant skin. You have awakened a hunger inside me that cannot be quenched. I will anxiously wait to be with you again. Until then, I will dream of firelight glowing in your warm brown eyes, glistening on your exquisite skin, and the fragrance of your rose perfume that drives me mad with hunger. 121 Words Romantic Letter Example #9 From one longtime lover to another, about their lasting relationship. When I reflect on all the time we’ve spent together, I can’t help but be a little amazed. I see couples around me time and time again falling apart, the lights in their eyes waning as they withdraw from each other like ballroom dancers fading into the distance, changing partners. Time kills so many relationships. But it’s not so with ours. Every day I look at you and my feelings swell a little more. I wonder each time how I can manage to contain them, but somehow it always works out. You look more beautiful every morning I wake up next to you and see your sun-drenched hair falling around your face.
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