I Can't Make You Love Me Quotes

Context

This line is from the song "I Can't Make You Love Me" by Bonnie Raitt from the album Luck of the Draw (1991).

This song is perfect when all you want is for your cat to cuddle with you, but she's more interested in chasing a ball of lint across the floor. (Even though you bought her a bunch of new cat toys and you bought the expensive food you know she likes, not to mention the personalized kitty sweater you got her last Christmas and the trip you to Hawaii you didn't take because you didn't want her to be alone. But does she care? Nooo…)

Sorry, we're done. 

This line is about loving someone who doesn't love you back.

We're looking at you, Mrs. Fluffybottom.

Where you've heard it

This song has been covered by everyone and their grandmother. Seriously, ask your grandma if she's sung it before.

Other than your grandmother's rousing rendition, this song is a go-to for contestants on reality singing shows. It's been covered seven times on American Idol alone. It's also been covered by George Michael, Adele, and Boyz II Men, just to name a few.

We're sure that none of those versions would hold a candle to your grandmother's, though.

Pretentious Factor

If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.

If you're dropping this quote at a dinner party, chances are you're bringing down the mood. Don't be that person. Save this ballad for when you're back home and sobbing into a pint of Ben and Jerry's, hoping that, for once, Mrs. Fluffybottom might be the big spoon.