"That's what I think we're all looking for - an honest love wherever you can find it"
About this Quote
The phrase “wherever you can find it” quietly demotes traditional hierarchies. Romance, sure, but also friendships, chosen family, a community that holds you up when the credits stop rolling. It suggests a cultural moment shaped by instability: relationships negotiated through distance, career precarity, algorithmic dating, public performance. “Honest” becomes the key qualifier because we live amid curated selves and strategic intimacy. The subtext is almost defensive: don’t sell me chemistry, don’t sell me potential, don’t sell me a brand of love that evaporates under stress.
Perabo’s intent reads as both generous and pragmatic. It gives permission to stop auditioning for someone else’s script - the “right” timeline, the “right” type of relationship - and to prioritize sincerity over optics. In a celebrity ecosystem that rewards polish, the sentence stakes its claim on something less marketable: love that doesn’t require translation, that doesn’t make you smaller to keep it. That’s why it hits. It’s not starry-eyed. It’s relief.
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| Topic | Love |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Perabo, Piper. (2026, January 15). That's what I think we're all looking for - an honest love wherever you can find it. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/thats-what-i-think-were-all-looking-for-an-163723/
Chicago Style
Perabo, Piper. "That's what I think we're all looking for - an honest love wherever you can find it." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/thats-what-i-think-were-all-looking-for-an-163723/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"That's what I think we're all looking for - an honest love wherever you can find it." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/thats-what-i-think-were-all-looking-for-an-163723/. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.









