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482d4d5 But I think we both knew, even then, that what we had was something even more rare, and even more meaningful. I was going to be his friend, and was going to show him possibilities. And he, in turn, would become someone I could trust more than myself. relationships romance life love platonic-love gay David Levithan
7cf2624 "He murmured her name, tenderly taking her face in his hands. "I love you," he said, his voice low and fervent. "I love you with everything I am, everything I've been, and everything I hope to be." "I love you with my past, and I love you for my future." He bent forward and kissed her, once, softly, on the lips. "I love you for the children we'll have and for the years we'll have together. I love you for every one of my smiles, and even more, for every one of your smiles." romance love penelope colin Julia Quinn
2330b80 Giving generously in romantic relationships, and in all other bonds, means recognizing when the other person needs our attention. Attention is an important resource. romance relationship resource bond giving recognition Bell Hooks
15c8cef "You know," she said dreamily, passing over his question, "you're not nearly as handsome as Lord St.Vincent." "There's a surprise," he said dryly. "But for some reason," she continued, "I never want to kiss him the way I do you." It was a good thing that she had closed her eyes, for if she had seen his expression, she might not have continued. "There is something about you that makes me feel terribly wicked. You make me want to do shocking things. Maybe it's because you're so proper. Your necktie is never crooked, and your shoes are always shiny. And your shirts are so starchy. Sometimes when I look at you, I want to tear off all your buttons. Or set your trousers on fire." romance humor Lisa Kleypas
8f937fe Roarke: The bodies of the three men were found floating in the Chattahoochee River. Eve: I think it'd be embarrassing to be dead in the Hoochie-Coochie River. Roarke: Chattahoochee Eve: What's the difference? Roarke: Quite a bit, I'd think. romance mystery suspense J.D. Robb
c02ea1b Rogerson," I asked him sweetly as we sat watching a video in the pool house, "where would I find the pelagic zone? fiction romance inspirational drama Sarah Dessen
3084db8 What business had I to think of one that never thought of me? thoughts romance love Anne Brontë
6ff3924 My love is something valuable to me which I ought not to throw away without reflection. lovers romance inspiration inspirational-quotes love inspirational psychoanalysis psychiatry psychology Sigmund Freud
d1f9af4 I will bathe in your warmth ma petite. Roll you around me until my heart beats only for you. My breath will grow warm from your kiss. kiss romance laurell-k-hamilton jean-claude hot lust vampire blood Laurell K. Hamilton
0e253e0 A woman with romance in her life lived as grandly as a queen, because her heart was treasured. romance Nora Roberts
f693405 I would know you anywhere for my true love. Whoever I was and whoever you were, I would know you at once for my true love. romance Philippa Gregory
6070614 A witch, a vampire, and a pixy walk into a bar, I thought as I led the way into the Squirrel's End. It was early, and the sun had yet to set when the door swung shut behind Jenks, sealing us in the warm air smelling faintly of smoke. Immediately Nick yanked it open to come in behind us. And there's the punch line. romance humor rachel-morgan vampire Kim Harrison
804d855 Don't answer the door in a wedding dress and veil, he might not think you're joking. relationships romance jokes Amy Sedaris
a516145 And if you say that's because you lot barged into her home like a herd of mentally deficient sheep, I'm disowning all three of you. romance julia-quinn Julia Quinn
8bc4653 His fingers skimmed down her body, over skin and satin, and she shivered, leaning into him, and she was sure they both tasted like blood and ashes and salt, but it didn't matter; the world, the city, and all it's lights and life seemed to have narrowed down to this, just her and Jace, the burning heart of a frozen world. romance peace Cassandra Clare
2d400db This is love, I think. A place where people who have been alone may lock together like hawks and spin in the air, dizzy with surprise at the connection. A place you go willingly, and with wonder romance love Jodi Picoult
3e68f98 Tereza knew what happens during the moment love is born: the woman cannot resist the voice calling forth her terrified soul; the man cannot resist the woman whose soul thus responds to his voice. romance Milan Kundera
f0d67ff Eyes, look your last! Arms, take your last embrace! And, lips, oh you the doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss a dateless bargain to engrossing death! romance William Shakespeare
64f02d9 "All right, then," she snapped, "do as you please! Perhaps afterward we could manage a coherent discussion." Twisting beneath him, she flopped onto her stomach. Christopher went still. After a long hesitation, she heard him ask in a far more normal voice, "What are you doing?" "I'm making it easier for you," came her defiant reply. "Go on, start ravishing." Another silence. Then, "Why are you facing downward?" "Because that's how it's done." Beatrix twisted to look at him over her shoulder. A twinge of uncertainty caused her to ask, "Isn't it?" His face was blank. "Has no one ever told you?" "No, but I've read about it." Christopher rolled off her, relieving her of his weight. He wore an odd expression as he asked, "From what books?" "Veterinary manuals. And of course, I've observed the squirrels in springtime, and farm animals and-" She was interrupted as Christopher cleared his throat loudly, and again. Darting a confused glance at him, she realized that he was trying to choke back amusement. Beatrix began to feel indignant. Her first time in a bed with a man, and he was laughing. "Look here," she said in a businesslike manner, "I've read about the mating habits of over two dozen species, and with the exception of snails, whose genitalia is on their necks, they all--" She broke off and frowned. "Why are you laughing at me? Christopher had collapsed, overcome with hilarity. As he lifted his head and saw her affronted expression, he struggled manfully with another outburst. "Beatrix. I'm . . . I'm not laughing at you." "You are!" "No I'm not. It's just . . ." He swiped a tear from the corner of his eye, and a few more chuckles escaped. "Squirrels . . ." "Well, it may be humorous to you, but it's a very serious matter to the squirrels." sex romance humor Lisa Kleypas
55378cb Hermione turned and beamed at Harry; her eyes, too, were full of tears. '...then I declare you bonded for life. romance love hermione-granger J.K. Rowling
d02a89b Join us next time for Days of the Undead when Rachel learns her long lost brother is really a crown prince from outer space. romance humor rachel-morgan vampire Kim Harrison
8cb4002 I tried to think of something to say. Excuse me? Hello? Marry me? Anything would have done. romance humor sadie Rick Riordan
7b9dc2b "I don't have a lot of domestic instincts," Ranger said to me, his attention fixing on the unidentifiable glob in my hair, "but I have a real strong urge to take you home and hose you down." I went dry mouth. Connie bit into her lower lip, and Lula fanned herself with a file." romance ranger Janet Evanovich
02eae5e Welcome to Paris, Anna. I'm glad you've come. romance british-boys etienne-st-clair swoon Stephanie Perkins
6a29a81 One glance and I knew exactly who and what he was. The classic alpha male, the kind who had spurred evolution forward about five million years ago by nailing every female in sight. They charmed, seduced, and behaved like bastards, and yet women were biologically incapable of resisting their magic DNA. romance Lisa Kleypas
39d753e "I have nothing to give but my heart so full and these empty hands." "They're not empty now." romance love little-women Louisa May Alcott
5aeff10 You deserve someone better than me. Someone young and idealistic...someone who can experience things for the first time along with you. I'm not always kind, and I have more faults than I'd care to name. All I can promise is that I'll want you until my last breath. want romance love Lisa Kleypas
de450d3 This first glance of a soul which does not yet know itself is like dawn in the heavens; it is the awakening of something radiant and unknown. philosophical romance spiritual inspirational Victor Hugo
ebdd417 "What a woman you are," he murmured, and she heard the emotion in it, the way the Irish thickened just a bit in his voice. And saw it in those vivid eyes when he drew back. "That you would think of this. That you would do this." He shook his head, kissed her. Like the breath, long and quiet. "I can't thank you enough. There isn't enough thanks. I can't say what this means to me, even to you. I don't have the words for it." He took her hands, brought them both to his lips. " . You stagger me." He framed her face now, touched his lips to her brow. "You're the beat of my heart, the breath in my body, the light in my soul." romance love in-death-series roarke J.D. Robb
0122a72 "Closed. Plenty of time to see it later, remember?" He leads me into the courtyard, and I take the opportunity to admire his backside. Callipygian. There something better than Notre-Dame." romance Stephanie Perkins
f7932ec ...whether he stayed or left, whether they walked the same path or not. They could live on opposite sides of the world, and she would still be his. romance Lisa Kleypas
d9f8578 There were books about how to be gay; he'd seen them in stores and libraries. Some of them even had diagrams. But there weren't any diagrams about how to fall in love with your best friend and not fuck everything up. youth romance love unrequited-love Poppy Z. Brite
4598708 "I'll follow you to the next life if I have to," he whispered harshly in her ear. "You'll never be free of me. I'll chase you through heaven and hell and beyond." He continued to whisper without stopping while his hands gripped her body close to his. "You stay with me, Holly," he muttered savagely. "Don't do this to me. You stay, damn you." romance love tear-jerker zach Lisa Kleypas
0551ad4 "He dropped his voice, so low that Tessa wasn't sure if what he said next was real or part of the dream darkness rising to claim her, though she fought against it. "I've never minded it," he went on. "Being lost, that is. I had always thought one could not be truly lost if one knew one's own heart. But I fear I may be lost without knowing yours." He closed his eyes as if he were bone-weary, and she saw how thin his eyelids were, like parchment paper, and how tired he looked. "Wo ai ni, Tessa," he whispered. "Wo bu xiang shi qu ni." She knew, without knowing how she knew, what the words meant. romance love tessa-gray jem-carstairs Cassandra Clare
1dadcc2 I'll affect you slowly as if you were having a picnic in a dream. There will be no ants. It won't rain. rain romance dream love picnic Richard Brautigan
2d55402 It is when things are at worst you will get the best. poem romance inspirational Santosh Kalwar
a320680 Hearts can't be broken because they're made of marzipan. romance humor inspirational food creativity Kerstin Gier
36ce6a8 It's bullshit to think of friendship and romance as being different. They're not. They're just variations of the same love. Variations of the same desire to be close. romance love David Levithan
96c4d54 A letter is a soul, so faithful an echo of the speaking voice that to the sensitive it is among the richest treasures of love. romance writing love Honoré de Balzac
de8038c "Felicity," Mrs. Featherington interurupted, "why don't you tell Mr. Brdgerton about your watercolors?" For the life of him, Colin couldn't imagine a less interesting topic (except maybe for Phillipa's watercolors), but he nonetheless turned to the youngest Featherington with a friendly smile and asked, "And how are your watercolors?" But Felicity, bless her heart, gave him a rather friendly smile herself and said nothing but, "I imagine they're fine, thank you." romance julia-quinn Julia Quinn
a104a2c After their encounter on the approach to Jupiter, there would aways be a secret bond between them---not of love, but of tenderness, which is often more enduring. relationships romance love Arthur C. Clarke
6f48767 "I don't need handcuffs to enslave a woman." -Ranger to Stephanie" romance Janet Evanovich
b544c73 "Babe," Ranger said. "You're looking a little strung out. Is there anything I should know?" I'm on a sugar withdrawal. I've given up desert and it's all I can think about." That had been true five minutes ago. Now that Ranger was standng in front of me I was thinking a cupcake wasn't what I actually needed. romance stephanie ranger Janet Evanovich
ffdf34b Ivy!' I stammered, then glared at Kisten. 'You told Ivy? Thanks a hell of a lot. Want to call my mom next? romance kisten rachel-morgan vampire supernatural Kim Harrison
da7dcf4 Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament ... There you will find romance, glory, honour, fidelity, and the true way of all your loves upon earth. romance love eucharist J.R.R. Tolkien
c28838f Roarke: You'd enjoy flying more if you'd learn the controls. Eve: I'd rather pretend I'm on the ground. Roarke: And how many vehicles have you wrecked, had blown up, or destroyed in the last, oh, two years? Eve: Think about that, then imagine it happening when I'm at the wheel at thirty thousand feet. Roarke: Good point. I'll do the flying. romance suspense J.D. Robb
b30b5d1 She was not sorry. And if it was the wine telling her that, then she would tell the wine the same thing tomorrow. She was not sorry. romance slightly mary-balogh wicked Mary Balogh
8dbad8c "When you got captured, I didn't know..." He trailed off, had to chug whiskey before he could continue. "If it'd be like..." "What?" "Like it was with Clotile." "Oh, Jackson, no. I was okay. I'm unharmed." "Didn't know if I'd get there too late," he said with a shudder. Then he crossed over to me, until we stood toe-to-toe. "Evie, if you ever get taken from me again, you better know that I'll be coming for you." He cupped my face with a bloodstained hand. "So you stay the hell alive! You don't do like Clotile, you doan take that way out. You and me can get through anything, just give me a chance."--his voice broke lower "just give me a chance to get to you." He buried his face in my hair, inhaling deeply. "There is nothing that can happen to you that we can't get past." ... "When you say we...?" He pulled back, gazing down at me, his eyes blazing. "I'm goan to lay it all out there for you. Laugh in my face--I don't care. But I'm goan to get this off my chest." "I won't laugh. I'm listening." "Evie, I've wanted you from the first time I saw you. Even when I hated you, I wanted you." He raked his fingers through his hair. "I got it bad, me." My heart felt like it'd stopped--so that I could hear him better. "For as long as you've been looking down your nose at me, I've been craving you, an envie like I've never known." "I don't look down at you! I'm too busy looking up to you." ... "The corners of his lips curled for an instant before he grew serious again. "You asked me if I had that phone with your pictures, if I'd looked at it. Damn right, I did! I saw you playing with a dog at the beach, and doing a crazy-ass flip off a high dive, and making faces for the camera. I learned about you"- his voice grew hoarse -"and I wanted more of you. To see you every day." With a humourless laugh, he admitted, "After the Flash, I was constantly sourcing ways to charge a goddamned phone--that would never make a call." I murmured, "I didn't know...I couldn't be sure." "It's you for me, peekon." young-adult romance love science-fiction Kresley Cole
7a08bb0 Jenks enthusiastically leaned against the counter and opened the box. Bypassing the plastic knife, he broke off about a third of it and took a huge bite. Ivy watched, appalled, and I shrugged. His mouth moving as he hummed, Jenks finished unpacking the sacks. I was half dead, Ivy was whoring herself to keep me safe, but Jenks was okay as long as he had chocolate. romance humor pixy vampire supernatural Kim Harrison
31d63b5 Anthony looked down at his evil clutches -- hands, he reminded himself, hands -- and grinned anew. romance julia-quinn Julia Quinn
be20a3c Your mother won a special reward," she told me, "because everyone had a head in her pictures. We all applauded. fiction romance inspirational drama Sarah Dessen
ba5eedf No, this, she felt, was real life and if she wasn't as curious or passionate as she had once been, that was only to be expected. It would be inappropriate, undignified, at thirty-eight, to conduct friendships or love affairs with the ardour and intensity of a twenty-two-year-old. Falling in love like that? Writing poetry, crying at pop songs? Dragging people into photo-booths, taking a whole day to make a compilation tape, asking people if they wanted to share your bed, just for company? If you quoted Bob Dylan or T.S. Eliot or, God forbid, Brecht at someone these days they would smile politely and step quietly backwards, and who would blame them? Ridiculous, at thirty-eight, to expect a song or book or film to change your life. No, everything had evened out and settled down and life was lived against a general background hum of comfort, satisfaction and familiarity. There would be no more of these nerve-jangling highs and lows. The friends they had now would be the friends they had in five, ten, twenty years' time. They expected to get neither dramatically richer or poorer; they expected to stay healthy for a little while yet. Caught in the middle; middle class, middle-aged; happy in that they were not overly happy. Finally, she loved someone and felt fairly confident that she was loved in return. If someone asked Emma, as they sometimes did at parties, how she and her husband had met, she told them: 'We grew up together. romance David Nicholls
ad2bf75 People tend to criticize their spouse most loudly in the area where they themselves have the deepest emotional need. criticism romance love need Gary Chapman
8cdcf2d There is only that moment, and the incredible certainty that everything under the sun has been written by one hand only. It is the hand that evokes love, and creates a twin soul for every person in the world. Without such love, one's dreams would have no meaning. romance the-alchemist paulo-coelho Paulo Coelho
109775e You've got an awfully kissable mouth. kissing kiss relationships romance humor love kissing-quotes flapper lust F. Scott Fitzgerald
56909a8 "The common prejudice that love is as common as "romance" may be due to the fact that we all learned about it first through poetry. But the poets fool us; they are the only ones to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake it for a universal one." romance Hannah Arendt
aab63b9 "I spent most of my youth hauling sides of beef and pork to my father's shop. Carrying you is far more enjoyable." "How sweet," Annabelle mumbled sickly, her eyes closed. "Every woman dreams of being told that she's preferable to a dead cow." romance weight Lisa Kleypas
be552f5 With every breath I take, I will always love you. romance ya Jennifer L. Armentrout
2990b7a "I never want to be apart from you," he said. "I'm going to buy an island and take you there. A ship will come once a month with supplies. The rest of the time it will be just the two of us, wearing leaves and eating exotic fruit and making love on the beach . . ." You'd start a produce export business and organize a local economy within a month," she said flatly. Harry groaned as he recognized the truth of it. "God. Why do you tolerate me?" Poppy grinned and slid her arms around his neck. "I like the side benefits," she told him. "And really, it's only fair since you tolerate me." romance Lisa Kleypas
f07829c "I want to take my time with you - to learn ... every inch of you. And this apartment has very, very thin walls. I don't want to have an audience" he added as he leaned down again, brushing his mouth over the cut at the base of her throat, "when I make you moan, Aelin." -- romance fantasy love queen fae Sarah J. Maas
6b94978 "I don't want to be a widow, I don't want Michael Bayning, and I don't want you to joke about such things, you tactless clodpole!" As all three of them stared at her openmouthed, Poppy leapt up and stalked away, her hands drawn into fists. Bewildered by the immediate force of her fury--it was like being stung by a butterfly--Harry stared after her dumbly. After a moment, he asked the first coherent thought that came to him. "Did she just say she doesn't want Bayning?" "Yes," Win said, a smile hovering on her lips. "That's what she said. Go after her, Harry." Every cell in Harry's body longed to comply. Except that he had the feeling of standing on the edge of a cliff, with one ill-chosen word likely to send him over. He gave Poppy's sister a desperate glance. "What should I say?" "Be honest with her about your feelings," Win suggested. A frown settled on Harry's face as he considered that. "What's my second option?" romance Lisa Kleypas
ae815d3 "Beatrix, do you know what happens to girls who ask such naughty questions?" "They're ravished in haylofts?" she inquired hopefully." romance Lisa Kleypas
a43ab88 "He can read your mind without even knowing." Dee's face went from pale to bright cherry. "Oh God." "What?" She smacked her hands over her face. "Well, the whole time we were downstairs, I was picturing him naked." romance humor Jennifer L. Armentrout
66c051e If I gave you a pity position it wouldn't be in my office. romance ranger Janet Evanovich
1385548 And to see the white flash of Klaus's eyes as he whirled on her. For one stunned instant she stared at him, and then lightning crackled. From an empty sky. romance vampire L.J. Smith
23f2d49 "The rivalry ends here," [Percy] said. "I love you, Wise Girl." true-love romance together-forever annabeth-chase percabeth percy-jackson Rick Riordan
cf706a7 Most parents try really hard to give their kids the best possible life. They give them the best food and clothes they can afford, take their own kind of take on training kids to be honest and polite. But what they don't realize is no matter how much they try, their kids will get out there. Out to this complicated little world. If they are lucky they will survive, through backstabbers, broken hearts, failures and all the kinds of invisible insane pressures out there. But most kids get lost in them. They will get caught up in all kinds of bubbles. Trouble bubbles. Bubbles that continuously tell them that they are not good enough. Bubbles that get them carried away with what they think is love, give them broken hearts. Bubbles that will blur the rest of the world to them, make them feel like that is it, that they've reached the end. Sometimes, even the really smart kids, make stupid decisions. They lose control. Parents need to realize that the world is getting complicated every second of every day. With new problems, new diseases, new habits. They have to realize the vast probability of their kids being victims of this age, this complicated era. Your kids could be exposed to problems that no kind of therapy can help. Your kids could be brainwashed by themselves to believe in insane theories that drive them crazy. Most kids will go through this stage. The lucky ones will understand. They will grow out of them. The unlucky ones will live in these problems. Grow in them and never move forward. They will cut themselves, overdose on drugs, take up excessive drinking and smoking, for the slightest problems in their lives broken-hearts cutting-your-self depression emo emotion hopeless-romantic lfe-essons phases romance sorrow joy happiness life love inspirational childhood-trauma teenage-love infatuation growing-up helplessness crying parents bullying teenagers trapped childhood Thisuri Wanniarachchi
dcc4274 For [erotically intelligent couples], love is a vessel that contains both security and adventure, and commitment offers one of the great luxuries of life: time. Marriage is not the end of romance, it is the beginning. They know that they have years in which to deepen their connection, to experiment, to regress, and even to fail. They see their relationship as something alive and ongoing, not a fait accompli. It's a story that they are writing together, one with many chapters, and neither partner knows how it will end. There's always a place they haven't gone yet, always something about the other still to be discovered. time love-story marriage relationships romance love marriage-advice Esther Perel
d8b817a Sometimes Hen...I think I would give my life just for one of your smiles. romance love dunford minx regency julia-quinn smiles Julia Quinn
73e44f5 The want for that kiss had shocked him more than the interruption, and he fell back into the chair, cool and nonchalant as Quen came in with his questions and demands. He wasn't sure if he believed he'd really helped, but one thing was very clear. He wanted that again, that feeling of standing with her against all odds and succeeding. He wanted it so bad, he was going to risk destroying everything he and his father had worked for. He should walk away. Right now. But as she was ushered out the door under David's arm, all he wanted to do was follow her. What the hell was he doing, falling in love with a demon? romance love star-crossed kim-harrison the-hollows trent-kalamack rachel-morgan star-crossed-lovers demons elves Kim Harrison
61b2d00 But no one can predict of a certainty what will happen. And none of it will change how I intend to spend the rest of my life. I will live it on my terms. And you... you can have all of me or nothing. I won't be an invalid any longer. Not even if it means losing you. romance love longing Lisa Kleypas
6e53103 "He uttered a curse that startled her with its foulness, and gripped her head between his hands, forcing her to stare at him. His voice was savage. "For twelve years I have been in constant torment, wanting you in my arms and believing it would never be possible. I want you for a thousand reasons other than your legs, and...no, damn it, I want you for no reason at all, other than the fact that you're you. I want to shove myself deep inside you and stay for hours...days...weeks. I want morning and noon and nightfall with you. I want your tears, your smiles, your kisses...the smell of your hair, the taste of your skin, the touch of your breath on my face. I want to see you in the final hour of my life...to lie in your arms as I take my last breath." romance love reunited-lovers torment tortured-soul Lisa Kleypas
7fcbed9 I gave you the best of me. romance heartbreak love Nicholas Sparks
e085391 Damn, you're good,' he said and rolled onto his back. The man wasn't much for flowery speech, Alesandra thought with a smile. It didn't matter. She was arrogantly proud of herself because she'd pleased him. Perhaps she should give him a little praise too. She rolled onto her side to face him, put her hand on his chest directly over his pounded heart, and whispered. 'You're good, too. 'Tis the truth, you're the best I've ever had.' He opened his eyes to look at her. 'I'm the only one you've ever had, remember?' His voice was gruff with affection. 'I remember,' she said. 'No other man is ever going to touch you, Alesandra. You're mine. romance Julie Garwood
0cb7344 "I love you, Clary," he said without looking at her. He was staring out into the church, at the row of lighted candles, their fold reflected in his eyes. "More than I ever--" He broke off. "God. More than I probably should. You know that, don't you?" -- romance love fray wayland clary jace teen Cassandra Clare
afaf240 I don't think two people could have been happier than we have been. romance life Michael Cunningham
6b990d6 Marriage is a partnership, not a democracy. marriage romance nicholas-sparks wedding novels Nicholas Sparks
c61ee86 "But I talk to you as I talk to my own soul," he said, turning me to face him. He reached up and cupped my cheek, fingers light on my temple. "And, Sassenach," he whispered, "your face is my heart." romance relationship sweet Diana Gabaldon
82dc117 "You don't annoy me." Carefully he rebuttoned the placket of her shirt. "I thought you did, at first. But now I realize it was more like the feeling you get when your foot's been asleep. And when you start moving, the blood coming back into it is uncomfortable . . . but also good. Do you understand what I mean?" "Yes. I make your feet tingle." A smile came to his lips. "Among other things." romance tingling Lisa Kleypas
991277b "Ranger locked eyes with me. "Please," he said. romance Janet Evanovich
ab183b6 ...and Jo laid the rustling sheets together with a careful hand, as one might shut the covers of a lovely romance, which holds the reader fast till the end comes, and he finds himself alone in the work-a-day world again. romance Louisa May Alcott
634d914 You look like the vamp who bled the cat. romance humor ivy rachel-morgan vampire Kim Harrison
1add014 You cold or something?' he said. She strained against him; she wanted to pass clear through him: 'It's a chill, it's nothing'; and then, pushing a little away: 'Say you love me.' I said it.' No, oh no. You haven't. I was listening. And you never do.' Well, give me time.' Please.' He sat up and glanced at a clock across the room. It was after five. Then decisively he pulled off his windbreaker and began to unlace his shoes. Aren't you going to, Clyde?' He grinned back at her. 'Yeah, I'm going to.' I don't mean that; and what's more, I don't like it: you sound as though you were talking to a whore.' Come off it, honey. You didn't drag me up here to tell you about love.' You disgust me,' she said. Listen to her! She's sore!' A silence followed that circulated like an aggrieved bird. Clyde said, 'You want to hit me, huh? I kind of like you when you're sore: that's the kind of girl you are,' which made Grady light in his arms when he lifted and kissed her. 'You still want me to say it?' Her head slumped on his shoulder. 'Because I will,' he said, fooling his fingers in her hair. 'Take off your clothes--and I'll tell it to you good. sex relationships romance Truman Capote
0e275a9 You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese. romance essays food Anthony Bourdain
5c52d7f The moment I saw her, a part of me walked out of my body and wrapped itself around her. And there it still remains. romance love-at-first-sight Arundhati Roy
068cfc0 Neither of us says the word love, not once. It would be tempting fate; it would be romance, bad luck. romance Margaret Atwood
bd79164 She leaned into me, and when I closed my eyes, I knew I wanted nothing more than to hold her this way forever. romance Nicholas Sparks
cb9ae9b "it taught me, that when a woman lets herself love, she loses. it taught me that to survive, you rely on yourself first and last." -adrianne "It should have also taught you that sometimes love has no threshold." -philip" romance Nora Roberts
2a33bb2 "And then to Leo's surprise, Catherine smiled at him. A sweet, natural, brilliant smile, the first she had ever given him. Leo felt his chest tighten, and he went hot all over, as if some euphoric drug had gone straight to his nervous system. It felt like ... happiness. He remembered happiness from a long time ago. He didn't want to feel it. And yet the giddy warmth kept washing over him for no reason whatsoever. "Thank you," Catherine said, the smile still hovering on her lips. "That is kind of you, my lord. But I will never dance with you." Which, of course, made it the goal of Leo's life." romance humor Lisa Kleypas
891eaca And, she was able to tell herself with some satisfaction, the man in question - one Colin Bridgerton - felt precisely the same way.... ....His earth shook, his heart leaped, and Penelope knew without a doubt that his breath was taken away as well. For a good ten seconds. Falling off a horse tended to do that to a man. romance Julia Quinn
3f87abe You had this all planned, didn't you?' I accused. 'Thought you could come in here and seduce me like you do everyone else?' It wasn't as if I could be angry, lying atop him as I was, but I tried. romance kisten rachel-morgan vampire supernatural Kim Harrison
b9bc900 It's funny, most people can be around someone and they gradually begin to love them and never know exactly when it happened; but Ruth knew the very second it happened to her. When Idgie had grinned at her and tried to hand her that jar of honey, all these feelings that she had been trying to hold back came flooding through her, and it was at that second in time that she knew she loved Idgie with all her heart. romance love lesbian Fannie Flagg
f6621a8 "You are going, Jane?" "I am going, sir." "You are leaving me?" "Yes." "You will not come? You will not be my comforter, my rescuer? My deep love, my wild woe, my frantic prayer, are all nothing to you?" What unutterable pathos was in his voice! How hard was it to reiterate firmly, "I am going!" "Jane!" "Mr. Rochester." "Withdraw then, I consent; but remember, you leave me here in anguish. Go up to your own room, think over all I have said, and, Jane, cast a glance on my sufferings; think of me." He turned away, he threw himself on his face on the sofa. "Oh, Jane! my hope, my love, my life!" broke in anguish from his lips. Then came a deep, strong sob." romance heartbreak Charlotte Brontë
44b5cfc I shall be much obliged to you, cousin, if you will refrain from telling my sisters that she has a face like a horse!' 'But, Charles, no blame attaches to Miss Wraxton! She cannot help it, and that, I assure you, I have always pointed out to your sisters!' 'I consider Miss Wraxton's countenance particularly well-bred!' 'Yes, indeed, but you have quite misunderstood the matter! I meant a particularly well-bred horse!' 'You mean, as I am perfectly aware, to belittle Miss Wraxton!' 'No, no! I am very fond of horses!' Sophy said earnestly. Before he could stop himself he found that he was replying to this. 'Selina, who repeated the remark to me, is not fond of horses, however, and she-' He broke off, seeing how absurd it was to argue on such a head. 'I expect she will be, when she has lived in the same house with Miss Wraxton for a month or two,' said Sophy encouragingly. romance Georgette Heyer
e043fd6 He [Ranger] peeled my [Stephanie] clothes off and wrangled me into bed. And then suddenly he was inside me. He once told me that time spent with him would ruin me for all other men. When he said it, I thought it was an outrageous threat. I no longer though it outrageous. romance Janet Evanovich
787c610 He wanted to be a poet,' someone else put in while Maggie hugged Tim and patted his back. 'Said he'd only lacked the words to be one. romance poetry Nora Roberts
9fffe84 Curse him for being all tight muscle, with ivory skin and a mouth as soft as rose petals. Curse him for having hair as fair as the sun, and eyes as black as night. Curse him for having the grace of a cat and deft, cool hands. And now I am having the same argument on paper that I have in my own head on too many nights. I know my choice is sensible, but it isn't my common sense I think with, those times Rosto's stolen a kiss from me. romance infatuation handsome Tamora Pierce
56bbd33 "Do we not each dream of dreams? Do we not dance on the notes of lost sex shakespeare magic rain poems romance sacrifice death dreams music songs life carrack cityisle cityspire desolate fedora haunts horace-walpole mannequins phillip-k-dick puddles specters spectre amnesia androids haunting greek-mythology waking damnation count emily-dickinson magick tempest apocalypse reflections storms masquerade empty science-fiction gothic jazz ships ghosts water piano Nathan Reese Maher
b507eb2 "Rohan, one of us is an unmarried man with superior mathematical abilities and no prospects for the evening. The other is a confirmed lecher in an amorous mood, with a willing and nubile young wife waiting at home. Who do you think should do the damned account books?" And, with a nonchalant wave, St. Vincent had left the office." romance Lisa Kleypas
3614dc7 "She inched closer to him. "I intrigue you?" "You know you do," he replied boldly, his eyes burning into hers. Wow-things were suddenly heating up fast. He wondered if they would have sex right there on her desk.Somebody better move that stapler. With a coy look, Taylor stood up to whisper in Jason's ear. "then I think you're going to find this next part really intriging," she said breathlessly. He gazed down at her-he like the sound of that-and raised one eybrow expectantly as taylor grinned wickedly and- Slammed the office door right in his face. For a moment, Jason could only stand there in the hallway with his nose pressed against the cold wood of her door. After a few seconds, he knocked politely. Taylor whipped open the door, unamused. Jason grinned at her. "I just gotta ask: where did you get the whole 'all the cute girls run around naked' thing?" romance tension Julie James
671bad9 "But Harry . . . even if we had met and married three years ago, you'd still say it wasn't enough time." "You're right. I can't think of a single day of my life that wouldn't have been improved with you in it." "Darling," she whispered, her fingertips coming up to stroke his jaw, "that's lovely. Even more romantic than comparing me to watch parts." Harry nipped at her finger. "Are you mocking me?" "Not at all," Poppy said, smiling. "I know how you feel about gears and mechanisms." romance Lisa Kleypas
980c74e "[Ranger] "How's your mental health?" he asked. "I heard about Soder." [Stephanie] "I'm rattled." "I have a cure." Oh, boy. He put the truck in gear and headed for the exit. "I know what you're thinking," he said. "And that wasn't where I was going. I was going to suggest work." "I knew that." romance ranger Janet Evanovich
459133e "I've just vowed my love for you. Have you nothing to say in return?" Duncan asked. "Thank you, husband." romance humor julie-garwood Julie Garwood
1b039d5 You make me wish I had a soul so I could be worthy of you. romance ya Jennifer L. Armentrout
9719437 His blue-green eyes were dark pools of immeasurable depth, pools you could drown yourself in and never again come up for air. romance eyes Robert Thier
27b28fe Love, he realized, was like the daggers he made in his forge: When you first got one it was shiny and new and the blade glinted bright in the light. Holding it against your palm, you were full of optimism for what it would be like in the field, and you couldn't wait to try it out. Except those first couple of nights out were usually awkward as you got used to it and it got used to you. Over time, the steel lost its brand-new gleam, and the hilt became stained, and maybe you nicked the shit out of the thing a couple of times. What you got in return, however, saved your life: Once the pair of you were well acquainted, it became such a part of you that it was an extension of your own arm. It protected you and gave you a means to protect your brothers; it provided you with the confidnece and the power to face whatever came out of the night; and wherever you went, it stayed with you, right over your heart, always there when you needed it. You had to keep the blade up, however. And rewrap the hilt from time to time. And double-check the weight. Funny...all of that was when it came to weapons. Why hadn't it dawned on him that matings were the same? (From the thoughts of Vishous) marriage relationships romance love J.R. Ward
ffd54e9 I looked at Micah, who shrugged. I looked at Rafael, who shook his head. Nice that none of us knew why he was undressing. fiction romance blake hunter micah vampire paranormal Laurell K. Hamilton
02ed76e "Now," said Brandons low, cold voice. "Lets not be rude eve." romance paranormal Rachel Caine
eca198b "So you actually need spectacles," Leo finally said. "Of course I do," Marks said crossly. "Why would I wear spectacles if I didn't need them?" "I thought they might be part of your disguise." "My disguise?" "Yes, Marks, disguise. A noun describing a means of concealing someone's identity. Often used by clowns and spies. And now apparently governesses. Good God, can anything be ordinary for my family?" romance humor Lisa Kleypas
0c0b8c1 You might not understand, but I gave you the best of me, and after you left, nothing was ever the same. romance love the-best-of-me nicholas-sparks Nicholas Sparks
fcc8d5d Suddenly she felt strong and happy. She was not afraid of the darkness or the fog and she knew with a singing in her heart that she would never fear them again. No matter what mists might curl around her in the future, she knew her refuge. She started briskly up the street toward home and the blocks seemed very long. Far, far too long. She caught up her skirts to her knees and began to run lightly. But this time she was not running from fear. She was running because Rhett's arms were at the end of the street. romance gone-with-the-wind-quotes gone-with-the-wind romance-novels Margaret Mitchell
bf21402 "She shook her head as she confessed, "I want it so much, I'm afraid to hope." "Never be afraid to hope," Rohan said gently. "It's the only way to begin." -Rohan to Win" -- romance Lisa Kleypas
3de8da9 "Where are we going?" Annabelle asked, resisting his hold on her wrist. "To the house. If they're not willing to be witnesses, then it seems I'll have to debauch you in front of someone else." romance Lisa Kleypas
bbf2283 "Some minutes or hours or days later, when I lay boneless and well satisfied, Ethan raised his gaze to mine again. His eyes were silver, his fangs descended. "There is no going back," he said, "Not after this." romance Chloe Neill
751929d "How different things might be if, rather than saying "I think I'm in love," we were saying "I've connected with someone in a way that makes me think I'm on the way to knowing love." Or if instead of saying "I am in love" we say "I am loving" or "I will love." Our patterns around romantic love are unlikely to change if we do not change our language." romance love connection communication language Bell Hooks
3f73b27 It's easy to look at people and make quick judgements about them, their present and their pasts, but you'd be amazed at the pain and tears a single smile hides. what a person shows to the world is only one tiny facet of the iceburg hidden from sight. And more often then not, it's lined with cracks and scars that go all the way to the foundation of their soul. romance love dark-hunters sherrilyn-kenyon sad soul Sherrilyn Kenyon
12b5a43 "Evangeline," he sighed. "It ain't ever goan to be easy with you, is it?" young-adult fiction romance Kresley Cole
0282e26 "But pearls are for tears, the old legend says," Gilbert had objected. "I'm not afraid of that. And tears can be happy as well as sad. My very happiest moments have been when I had tears in my eyes--when Marilla told me I might stay at Green Gables--when Matthew gave me the first pretty dress I ever had--when I heard that you were going to recover from the fever. So give me pearls for our troth ring, Gilbert, and I'll willingly accept the sorrow of life with its joy." -Anne" romance happiness pearls tears L.M. Montgomery
8d09094 Missing you is worse than Pittsburgh. romance missing-someone Salvador Plascencia
a267762 "Cat doesn't have to work. She's a woman of independent means. I settled enough money on her to allow her the freedom to do anything she wished. She went to boarding school for four years, and stayed to teach for another two. Eventually she came to me and said she'd accepted a position as a governess for the Hathaway family. I believe you were in France with Win at the time. Cat went for the interview, Cam and Amelia liked her, Beatrix and Poppy clearly needed her, and no one seemed inclined to question her lack of experience." "Of course not," Leo said acidly. "My family would never bother with something so insignificant as job experience. I'm sure they started the interview by asking what her favorite color was." romance job Lisa Kleypas
98437e7 We've got a bond in common, you and I. We are both alone in the world. romance bond lonely Daphne du Maurier
585a0a1 The unhappiest people I know, romantically speaking, are the ones who like pop music the most; and I don't know whether pop music has caused this unhappiness, but I do know that they've been listening to the sad songs longer than they've been living the unhappy lives. romance sadness music pop Nick Hornby
5e20ed2 I said you were beautiful. I slept in your bed! romance love ya Stephanie Perkins
8decdd2 "But pearls are for tears, the old legend says," Gilbert had objected. "I'm not afraid of that. And tears can be happy as well as sad. My very happiest moments have been when I had tears in my eyes--when Marilla told me I might stay at Green Gables--when Matthew gave me the first pretty dress I ever had--when I heard that you were going to recover from the fever. So give me pearls for our troth ring, Gilbert, and I'll willingly accept the sorrow of life with its joy." -Anne" -- romance happiness pearls tears L.M. Montgomery
b60187a "Two farewell gifts," Sadie muttered, "from two gorgeous guys. I hate my life." romance humor kane throne-of-fire walt kane-chronicles sadie sadie-kane Rick Riordan
dfba9f5 "What are you still doing up?" I twisted around, spotting Hayden in the doorway. "Watching the... uh," I turned back, frowning at the screen, "the... way tigers mate." I sighed. Damn you, Discovery Channel. He chuckled deep in his throat. "Didn't know that kind of thing interested you." "Oh. Yeah, always wanted to know how they picked their boyfriends." romance Jennifer L. Armentrout
1ff6874 We could go back to your house. I can stay with you always. We can know each others bodies in every way, night after night. I could love you. I could work, you would not be poor. I would help you. romance sookie-stackhouse vampire Charlaine Harris
1a630fb I wanted Kat out. Every cell of my being demanded that I protect her, even though I knew she was hella capable of doing so herself, but I wanted her far away from here. Hell, I'd keep her in Bubble Wrap if it weren't so damn creepy and also inconvenient, considering I had a terrible habit of obsessively popping the damn things until not a single bubble was left. young-adult romance lux-series opposition paranormal-romance Jennifer L. Armentrout
4e0e70e Marriage would change hardly anything between us, except that we would end our arguments in a much more satisfying way. And of course I would have extensive legal rights over your body, your property, and all your individual freedoms, but I don't see what's so alarming about that. romance Lisa Kleypas
8ec2426 If you want the rainbow, you have to deal with the rain. pain romance John Green
0562b8d "I'm fairly certain, Captain," she said, "that the more you discover about me, the more you will dislike me. Therefore, let's cut to the chase and acknowledge that we don't like each other. Then we won't have to bother with the in-between part." She was so bloody frank and practical about the whole thing that Christopher couldn't help but be amused. "I'm afraid I can't oblige you." "Why not?" "Because when you said that just now, I found myself starting to like you." "You'll recover," she said. Her decisive tone made him want to smile. "It's getting worse, actually," he told her. "Now I'm absolutely convinced that I like you." Beatrix gave him a patently skeptical stare. "What about my hedgehog? Do you like her, too?" Christopher considered that. "Affection for rodents can't be rushed." "Medusa isn't a rodent. She's an erinaceid." romance humor hedgehog Lisa Kleypas
8bac7a7 "Someday, my love, you're going to understand just how much I care for you. You're my light, my warmth, my other half. I only feel alive when I'm with you. I love you." Caine" romance love julie-garwood Julie Garwood
1bb3e06 He put his hand on my waist, and my heart began to pound, a rougher rhythm than the music. I held my skirt. Our free hands met. His felt warm and comforting and unsettling and bewildering--all at once. romance Gail Carson Levine
e6a2b0b "Emma turned to him, bottom lip trembling. "For me?" "Always for you. All things for you. He coughed into his fist "All your own." romantic romance paranormal Kresley Cole
2375422 The tragedy of preparedness has scarcely been handled, save by the Greeks. Life is indeed dangerous, but not in the way morality would have us believe. It is indeed unmanageable, but the essence of it is not a battle. It is unmanageable because it is a romance, and its essence is romantic beauty. romance E.M. Forster
aa55014 Whenever he felt like giving up, plopping himself down, and dying (which was, like, every ten minutes), he reached over and took her hand, just to remember there was warmth in the world. romance percy-jackson house-of-hades Rick Riordan
56ccac6 "Piper went a little crazy. She cried out with relief and dove straight into the water. What was she thinking? She didn't take a rope or a life vest or anything. But at the moment, she was just so happy that she paddled over to Leo and kissed him on the cheek, which kind of surprised him. "Miss me?" Leo laughed. Piper was suddenly furious. "Where were you? How are you guys alive?" "Long story," he said. A picnic basket bobbed to the surface next to him. "Want a brownie?" romantic romance Rick Riordan
bb1b740 "Why?" I shrieked, hitting him again and again, and again, the sound of the blows thudding against his chest. "Why, why why!". Because I was afraid!" He got hold of my wrists and threw me backward so I fell across the bed. He stood over me, fists clenched, breathing hard. I am a coward, damn you! I couldna tell ye, for fear ye would leave me, and unmanly thing that I am, I thought I couldna bear that!" ~~~~~~~~~ You should have told me!" romance Diana Gabaldon
e984ef9 Why have you been staring at me ever since we met? Because I'm not the Gail Wynand you'd heard about. You see, I love you. And love is exception-making. If you were in love you'd want to be broken, trampled, ordered, dominated, because that's the impossible, in the inconceivable for you in your relations with people. That would be the one gift, the great exception you'd want to offer the man you loved. But it wouldn't be easy for you. romance love romance-novels Ayn Rand
689ac41 So you want me to go to a human orgy, where I will not be welcome, and you want us to leave before I get to enjoy myself? ~Eric Northman romance fantasy mystery vampire paranormal Charlaine Harris
94c9485 "The Rom believe you should take the road that calls to you, and never turn back. Because you never know what adventures await." He reached for her slowly, giving her every opportunity to object. Through the cottony gauze of her nightgown, he touched the curve of her hips. He brought her close, into his hard weight. "So we're going to take this road," he murmured, "and see where it leads." romance taking-a-chance Lisa Kleypas
88abc33 "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? E'en in Australia art thou still more hot Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May (Since that's your winter it don't mean a lot) Sometimes too bright the eye of heaven shines And bushfires start through half of New South Wales Just so, when I do see thy bosom's lines A fire consumes me and my breathing fails But thine eternal summer shall not fade This is in no way due to global warming; Nay, from thy breasts shall verses fair be made So damn compulsive they are habit-forming So long as men can read and eyes can see romance Manny Rayner
433d072 Suffer love! A good ephitet! I do suffer love indeed, for I love thee against my will. romance William Shakespeare
db989b0 "One day I'll get a tattoo for you." Warmth explodes in my chest, in awe that he would mark himself for me. "You don't have to." "I will." His fingers trace my cheek and chills of pleasure run down my spine. "It's what I do. Each tattoo represents the only happy memories I've had. And you, Rachel, you're the happiest." -- romance tattooed-bad-boys Katie McGarry
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