"In love, we have to dare everything if we really love"
About this Quote
The repetition of "love" does quiet work. "In love" sets the scene as a state you fall into; "if we really love" turns it into a test of authenticity. The subtext is almost moralistic: real love proves itself through stakes. It’s a romantic dare, but also a masculine script Delon helped popularize - the idea that commitment should look like danger, that tenderness has to be validated by recklessness. That’s why the line lands with a faintly cinematic inevitability: the camera wants the moment where someone jumps.
Contextually, Delon’s career sits in an era when European stardom fused glamour with fatalism. His characters often moved as if consequences were part of the aesthetic. Read that way, "dare everything" isn’t merely about grand gestures; it’s about refusing the bureaucratic version of intimacy: negotiations, contingencies, escape hatches. It flatters the listener into bravery - and quietly shames them for caution.
Quote Details
| Topic | Romantic |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Delon, Alain. (2026, January 18). In love, we have to dare everything if we really love. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/in-love-we-have-to-dare-everything-if-we-really-13597/
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Delon, Alain. "In love, we have to dare everything if we really love." FixQuotes. January 18, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/in-love-we-have-to-dare-everything-if-we-really-13597/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"In love, we have to dare everything if we really love." FixQuotes, 18 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/in-love-we-have-to-dare-everything-if-we-really-13597/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.








