the love of one's life vs true love

the love of one's life

true love

noun
  • The unique individual for whom one feels such affection. 

  • The situation in which a couple is perfectly compatible and there is no better relationship, as set by a greater force such as God or fate. 

  • A thing for which an individual feels an intense love. 

  • The form of romantic affection that is considered pure and wholly positive, not just based on feelings of lust and sex. 

How often have the words the love of one's life and true love occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )