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966de9c "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
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
a5f0ace When they write my obituary. Tomorrow. Or the next day. It will say, Leo Gursky is survived by an apartment full of shit romance love obituary Nicole Krauss
5d31ea4 If the human heart sometimes finds moments of pause as it ascends the slopes of affection, it rarely halts on the way down. romance love Honoré de Balzac
aca9b07 "A phrase began to beat in my ears with a sort of heady excitement: "There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired." romance living life love F. Scott Fitzgerald
e47d43b When they're together, the world could fall apart around them and they'd never notice or care as long as they have each other. humour romance young-adult-romance young-adult-fiction Simone Elkeles
5cefc49 "I bought you love poetry! 'I love you as certain dark things are loved, secretly, between the shadow and the soul.'" I blink at him. "Neruda. I starred the passage. God," he moans. "Why didn't you open it?" romance ya Stephanie Perkins
9bee01f "Would you like to hear more romance of the evening? He told me that the Guard should be reduced by half, and I threw an ink jar at his head." "Is that when he cried?" "He ducked," Attolia said dryly. Grown more confident of the queen's humor, Relius said, "I had not pictured you for a fishwife." "Lo, the transforming power of love." romance love intrigue Megan Whalen Turner
e08600c 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. time marriage romance love marriage-advice Esther Perel
1c4e7f4 "She took a deep breath, "Last chance. Are you in need of rescuing?" His expression turned very strange, almost as if she'd struck him, "Yes," he said finally." literature dark romance books gavriel paranormal paranormal-romance tana-bach holly-black the-coldest-girl-in-coldtown ya vampires Holly Black
bafce09 If the best of one's feelings means nothing to the person most concerned in those feelings, what reality is left us? romance Virginia Woolf
5343dd9 "You wouldn't have taken Rose to such a place, would you?" "Of course not, but she is a little girl, and I'm-" "My life", he interrupted quietly. "You're my entire life. If anything ever happens to you, Holly, there is nothing left for me." romance life love zach Lisa Kleypas
d31ca02 "To Helen I saw thee once-once only-years ago; I must not say how many-but not many. It was a july midnight; and from out A full-orbed moon, that, like thine own soul, soaring, Sought a precipitate pathway up through heaven, There fell a silvery-silken veil of light, With quietude, and sultriness, and slumber Upon the upturn'd faces of a thousand Roses that grew in an enchanted garden, Where no wind dared to stir, unless on tiptoe- Fell on the upturn'd faces of these roses That gave out, in return for the love-light Thier odorous souls in an ecstatic death- Fell on the upturn'd faces of these roses That smiled and died in this parterre, enchanted by thee, by the poetry of thy prescence. Clad all in white, upon a violet bank I saw thee half reclining; while the moon Fell on the upturn'd faces of the roses And on thine own, upturn'd-alas, in sorrow! Was it not Fate that, on this july midnight- Was it not Fate (whose name is also sorrow) That bade me pause before that garden-gate, To breathe the incense of those slumbering roses? No footstep stirred; the hated world all slept, Save only thee and me. (Oh Heaven- oh, God! How my heart beats in coupling those two worlds!) Save only thee and me. I paused- I looked- And in an instant all things disappeared. (Ah, bear in mind this garden was enchanted!) The pearly lustre of the moon went out; The mossy banks and the meandering paths, The happy flowers and the repining trees, Were seen no more: the very roses' odors Died in the arms of the adoring airs. All- all expired save thee- save less than thou: Save only the divine light in thine eyes- Save but the soul in thine uplifted eyes. I saw but them- they were the world to me. I saw but them- saw only them for hours- Saw only them until the moon went down. What wild heart-histories seemed to lie enwritten Upon those crystalline, celestial spheres! How dark a woe! yet how sublime a hope! How silently serene a sea of pride! How daring an ambition!yet how deep- How fathomless a capacity for love! But now, at length, dear Dian sank from sight, Into western couch of thunder-cloud; And thou, a ghost, amid the entombing trees Didst glide away. Only thine eyes remained. They would not go- they never yet have gone. Lighting my lonely pathway home that night, They have not left me (as my hopes have) since. They follow me- they lead me through the years. They are my ministers- yet I thier slave Thier office is to illumine and enkindle- My duty, to be saved by thier bright light, And purified in thier electric fire, And sanctified in thier Elysian fire. They fill my soul with Beauty (which is Hope), And are far up in heaven- the stars I kneel to In the sad, silent watches of my night; While even in the meridian glare of day romance poetry edgar-allan-poe Edgar Allen Poe
4c0b1c2 And infatuated be damned. He was near to being blinded by his attraction to her. He was in love, damn it all. He disliked her, he resented her, he disapproved of almost everything about her, yet he was head over ears in love with her, like a foolish schoolboy. He wondered grimly what he was going to do about it. He was not amused. Or in any way pleased. romance love-hate-relationship Mary Balogh
e8e55e4 This principle - that your spouse should be capable of becoming your best friend - is a game changer when you address the question of compatibility in a prospective spouse. If you think of marriage largely in terms of erotic love, then compatibility means sexual chemistry and appeal. If you think of marriage largely as a way to move into the kind of social status in life you desire, then compatibility means being part of the desired social class, and perhaps common tastes and aspirations for lifestyle. The problem with these factors is that they are not durable. Physical attractiveness will wane, no matter how hard you work to delay its departure. And socio-economic status unfortunately can change almost overnight. When people think they have found compatibility based on these things, they often make the painful discovery that they have built their relationship on unstable ground. A woman 'lets herself go' or a man loses his job, and the compatibility foundation falls apart. marriage romance love Timothy Keller
5681000 "Nellie grinned. "I always wanted to go to Venice. It's supposed to be the romance capital of the world." "Sweet," put in Dan. "Too bad your date is an Egyptian Mau on a hunger strike." The au pair sighed. "Better than an eleven-year-old with a big mouth." romance dates saladin nellie-gomez dan-cahill venice the39clues Gordon Korman
fcb3b3a "Miss Bridgerton," he said, "the devil himself couldn't scare you." She forced her eyes to meet his. "That's not a compliment, is it?" He lifted her hand to his lips, brushing a feather-light kiss across her knuckles. "You'll have to figure that out for yourself," he murmured. To all who observed, he was the soul of propriety, but Hyacinth caught the daring gleam in his eye, and she felt the breath leave her body as tingles of electricity rushed across her skin. Her lips parted, but she had nothing to say, not a single word. There was nothing but air, and even that seemed in short supply. And then he straightened as if nothing had happened and said, "Do let me know what you decide." She just stared at him. "About the compliment," he added. "I am sure you will wish to let me know how I feel about you." Her mouth fell open. He smiled. Broadly. "Speechless, even. I'm to be commended." "You--" "No. No," he said, lifting one hand in the air and pointing toward her as if what he really wanted to do was place his finger on her lips and shush her. "Don't ruin it. The moment is too rare." romance humor Julia Quinn
b607414 "There's a part of me which has always wanted to hear a man say, "Let me take care of you forever," and I have never heard it spoken before. Over the last few years, I'd given up looking for that person, learned how to say this heartening sentence to myself, especially in times of fear. But to hear it from someone else now, from someone who is speaking sincerely..." romance secure Elizabeth Gilbert
79389fc "We straighten , bu our snickering is barely contained as we attempt to focus our attention on a picture of a discarded Coke can. "This guy's lady love is kind of a slob, don't you think?" he whispers. I cover my mouth with my hands again. "A reaaaaaaaal litterbug." "Stop it," I hiss. My eyes are watering. "Ohmygod look at this one! How did he get her toenail clippings?" "If you were my girl," he whispers, "I'd take creepy pictures of your trash when I knew you weren't looking." "If you were my girl," I whisper back," I"d put the creepy pictures in a foreign museum so you wouldn't know that I take creepy pictures." romance stephanie-perkins Stephanie Perkins
904b786 "Would you favor me with a dance?" Over all the others I was his choice! I curtsied, and he took my hand. Our hands knew each other. Char looked at me, startled. "Have we met before, Lady?" romance Gail Carson Levine
215f5da There's always be a me and you. romance James Patterson
eb77556 "Annabelle gave him a chiding smile. "If you're implying that I'm spoiled, I assure you that I am not." "You should be." His warm gaze slid over her pink-tinted face and slender upper body, then sought hers again. There was a note in his voice that gently robbed her of breath. "You could do with a bit of spoiling." romance Lisa Kleypas
3454c7e This has to be the most self-centered thing I've ever said, but no, I think you just wanted to vex me. romance julia-quinn Julia Quinn
8ac3f19 I'd spent a night with Ranger a while ago, and I knew what happened when he was encouraged. Ranger knew how to make a woman want him. Ranger was magic. romance Janet Evanovich
e884498 There is a perfection in everything that cannot be owned. perfection romance nin skin Anaïs Nin
97c5d3f Big lots,' I said, seeing the eighty-year-old oaks and shady lawns. The houses were set way back and had iron fences and stone drives. The harder to hear your neighbors scream, my dear,' was David's answer, and I sent my head up and down in agreement. romance humor rachel-morgan vampire supernatural Kim Harrison
8a5a151 EVERYONE MAKES MISTAKES, EVEN THE PERSONS WE LOVE. romance the-last-song nicholas-sparks Nicholas Sparks
172a59d "You take my heart with you, my loving captor." "Nay, Madelyne. I am your captive in body and soul." romance julie-garwood Julie Garwood
94fa997 "Love me?" Madeline asked with a faint smile. "It used to be love." He brushed his lips over her closed eyelids. "Now there's no word for it." "You once told me that you thought love was a weakness." "I was wrong," he whispered, kissing the corners of her mouth. "I've discovered it's my only strength." romance love Lisa Kleypas
f1de3d3 Well, at heart I knew she'd never be a normal woman. And I didn't want her to be one, because what I loved in her were the indomitable and unpredictable aspects of her personality romance the-bad-girl translated Mario Vargas Llosa
efede51 "You quoted Oscar Wilde." I smiled. Hayden laughed. "Yeah, that was, like, the height of geekdom." "No. It was kind of cool." romance Jennifer L. Armentrout
bd73414 I would far rather have two or three lilies of the valley gathered for me by a person I like, than the most expensive bouquet that could be bought! romance people friends love elizabeth-gaskell lily-of-the-valley molly-gibson wives-and-daughters flowers Elizabeth Gaskell
7115916 "Listen to me, Ember. I couldn't hurt you. I can't." Hayden settled his eyes on me. They were softer than I'd ever seen. "I love you-- I've loved you since the first time I saw you." romance Jennifer L. Armentrout
fac232f I cried to think of how lucky we both were to have found each other, since it was clear that we were the only ones in the world who could understand what we understood in the instantaneous manner in which we understood it. youth romance optimism soul-mate naivete Audre Lorde
19591b9 "You realise you're going to owe me dinner after this, right?" "How does McDonald's sound?" "Inadequate." humour romance Sarah Mayberry
5c66a0a It seemed as if some subtle current of recognition had passed between them... not as if they had met before... but as if they had come close several times until finally an impatient Fate had forced their paths to intersect. romance love romance-novels Lisa Kleypas
8ea267b Was this some new level of depravity? Had he developed a spinster fetish? romance humor Lisa Kleypas
ae6d98b "Frowning, she looked up. "You can't want to ravish me every time we meet." Oh, yes, he could. Demon gritted his teeth..." romance Stephanie Laurens
4fe2f14 Because you're beautiful, Layla, and while I may say that one word to you a lot, I don't simply toss it around. And I've seen many, many beautiful things. People as beautiful as demons are atrocious. You, by far, shine brighter than any of them. It's more than what's on the outside. It comes from within you. I've seen a lot of things and nothing, nothing, comes close to you. romance ya Jennifer L. Armentrout
20bc068 "V had a passing thought that she used the word "anyway" like an eraser on a crowded chalkboard. She said it whenever she needed to clear off the things she'd just shared to make room for more." romance vishous vampire paranormal paranormal-romance J.R. Ward
7e52838 Who did she know in Raleigh who took the time off to fix a house? Or read Whitman or Eliot, finding images in the mind, thoughts of the spirit? Or hunted dawn from the bow of a canoe? These weren't the things that drove society, but she felt they shouldn't be treated as unimportant. They made living worthwhile. romance love Nicholas Sparks
83a208b "I've been noble since they took you to the hospital," he said through his teeth. "I'm tired of it. I don't eat, I don't sleep, I can't even work. I remember your voice moaning in my ear like the cry of the damned while I was having you," he bit off, bending to her mouth. "You couldn't get enough of me. You couldn't get close enough to me. Your face when I fulfilled you....I ache every time I think about it." -- romance love judd Diana Palmer
42d5bac You're the most incredible girl I've ever known. You're gorgeous and smart, and you make me laugh like no-one else can. And I can talk to you. And I know after all this I don't deserve you, but what I'm trying to say is that I love you, Anna. Very Much. romance love ettiene-st-clair young-adult-romance ya Stephanie Perkins
b3f029c "If you do not apologize to Lady Honoria," Marcus said, his voice so mild as to be terrifying, "I will kill you." There was a collective gasp, and Daisy faked a swoon, sliding elegantly into Iris, who promptly stepped aside and let her hit the floor. "Oh, come now," Mr. Grimston said. "Surely it won't come to pistols at dawn." "I'm not talking about a duel," Marcus said. "I mean I will kill you right here." romance Julia Quinn
21236d7 "If I let you go are you going to hit me again?" "What do you think?" "Then I'm not going to let you go." humour romance funny Sarah Mayberry
2926513 "Bet you ten bucks we make it." What are the odds? she thought, and realized with sudden, blinding clarity that she wouldn't take the other side of that bet, that only a loser would bet against them. This is really it, she thought, amazed. This is really forever. I believe in this. "Min?" he said, and she kissed him, putting all her heart into it. "No bet," she said against his mouth. "Your odds are too good." "Our odds are too good" romance humor jennifer-crusie Jennifer Crusie
d7cc381 The minute I'm in a little pain ... your rough, tough, scary bad boy image totally falls apart. pain romance carpathians Christine Feehan
4581959 The man irritated her just like a rash. romance Julie Garwood
7e525da "I knew you read the in the vac," he said in a low voice. Maurice felt uneasy. "Then you understand - without me saying more - " "How do you mean?" Durham could not wait. People were all around them, but with eyes that had gone intensely blue he whispered, "I love you." romance love E. M. Forster
274f3a0 Somos cada vez mais, os defeitos que temos, nao as qualidades romance jose elefante saramago viagem José Saramago
50203d5 "Aiden grabbed my arm, pulling me right against his chest. The unexpected contact fried my brain. "If I was like every other pure-blood, I would have had you by now, without even thinking about the consequences for you. Every day is a struggle not to be like them." romance Jennifer L. Armentrout
a737d9d Ah, damn it, lass,'he called after her. 'I've busted my stitches wide open.' 'What?'she cried, hurrying back to him. 'Let me see!' 'Ah-ha!' He snared her around the waist, dragging her down with him to his lap.'You still care for me! romance funny love Kresley Cole
d6d62ac Why should you think that I should woo in scorn? Scorn and derision never come in tears: Look, when I vow, I weep; and vows so born, In their nativity all truth appears. How can these things in me seem scorn to you, Bearing the badge of faith, to prove them true? romance unrequited-love William Shakespeare
0f054ea "He stalked up behind her to clench her hips, and she stilled. In a breathy voice, she asked, "You're going to make love to me again, aren't you?" In answer,he lifted her onto the counter, tore off her shift, then pressed her naked body back into the blooms." sex romance Kresley Cole
c600499 "Little mouse," a voice said through the keyhole. "Don't you know the more you wriggle, the greater the cat's delight?" literature dark romance books gavriel paranormal paranormal-romance tana-bach holly-black the-coldest-girl-in-coldtown ya vampires Holly Black
4446c16 Sex might satisfy, food might fuel, love might sustain, but without coffee, what is the point? romance Nora Roberts
6ff0378 "Not that I knew who you were until last month. But now that I've got you, I'm not letting you go." "You're not?" Blake stared at her in irritated confusion. What was her game? "Do you think I'm an idiot?" he spat out. "No," she said. "I've just escaped from a den of idiots, so I'm well familiar with the breed, and you're something else entirely. I am, however, hoping you're not a terribly good shot." romance idiocy sarcasm Julia Quinn
f7b2d3b the unexpected moment [is] always sweeter. love-story true romance quote the-viscount-who-loved-me Julia Quinn
ea7d2c0 "How do you feel?" she asked, trying to fluff his pillow. "Other than terrible, I mean." He moved his head slightly to the side. It seemed to be a sickly interpretation of a shrug. "Of course you're feeling terrible," she clarified, "but is there any change? More terrible? Less terrible?" He made no response. "The same amount of terrible?" -- romance sick Julia Quinn
513668d "I trail my fingers across his cheek. He stays perfectly still for me. "Please stop apologizing, Etienne." "Say my name again," he whispers. I close my eyes and lean forward. "Etienne." He takes my hands into his. Those perfect hands, that fit mine just so. "Anna?" Our foreheads touch. "Yes?" "Will you please tell me you love me? I'm dying here." And then we're laughing. And then I'm in his arms, and we're kissing, at first quickly - to make up for lost time - and then slowly, because we have all the time in the world. And his lips are soft and honey sweet, and the careful, passionate way he moves them against my own says that he savors the way I taste, too. And in between kisses, I tell him I love him. Again and again and again." romance love etienne-and-anna ya Stephanie Perkins
83d0efe Everything was made bright by her. She was the smile that shed light all around her. romance tolstoy Leo Tolstoy
6d63eae I said, you're the beat of my heart, the breath in my body, the light in my soul. romance J.D. Robb
7614d19 THE MARK OF ATHENA BABY!!!!!! romance cry-your-pants-off extreme-awesemnes greek-mythology heart-breaking drama Rick Riordan
d816d26 He was sitting not far away, watching me, and I surprised a smile on his face, the first real smile I had ever seen him give, a smile that curved and softened the tight mouth, and warmed the ice-cool eyes; a smile that brought the blood to my face and made my heart turn over. romance sevenwaters sorcha red Juliet Marillier
a22349f Shadow and dust shall be reclaimed, earth sealing the tomb from which you came. Dust to dust, ashes to ashes, warrior return, breathe your last. Air, earth, fire, water, hear my voice, obey my order, thrice around your grave do bound, evil sink into the ground. I now invoke the law of three, this is my will, so mote it be. romance dark-demon vampire paranormal Christine Feehan
f86e9af His right ear still held both studs, and I wondered who had the missing earring. I would have asked, but was afraid he'd tell me Ivy had it. romance kisten rachel-morgan vampire supernatural Kim Harrison
e0de7df A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity. romance hero David Gemmell
da43138 And so they stood on the walls of the City of Gondor, and a great wind rose and blew, and their hair, raven and golden, streamed out mingling in the air. romance fantasy faramir J.R.R. Tolkien
66ce62a Blake took a small roll from the tray on the table, then put it back in favor of a larger one. And maybe a little butter. It certainly couldn't hurt. And jam...no, he drew the line at jam. She was a spy, after all. romance julia-quinn Julia Quinn
1471625 ~Do you like him much? ~I told you I like him a little. Where is the use of caring for him so very much? He is full of faults. ~Is he? ~All boys are. ~More than girls? ~Very likely. Wise people say it is folly to think anyboy perfect, and as to likes and diskiles, we should be friendly to all, and worship none. relationships romance love girls Charlotte Brontë
2f42e82 I could shove this swizzle stick through his heart, Min thought. She wouldn't do it, of course. The stick was plastic and not nearly pointed enough on the end. Also people didn't do things like that in Southern Ohio. A sawed-off shotgun, that was the ticket. romance crusie Jennifer Crusie
4f68290 With her eyes alone she could give this response, this absolutely erotic response, as if febrile waves were trembling there, pools of madness... something devouring that could lick a man all over like a flame, annihilate him, with a pleasure never known before. sex romance fever sexy pleasure Anaïs Nin
86ad0b0 "You're taller than I am, but I'm stronger, and meaner right this minute than you could ever imagine" - Lady Madelyne." romance humor julie-garwood Julie Garwood
a939c86 Even when they did not look at each other or speak to each other, he could feel a powerful current between them. romance skin eyes pleasure Anaïs Nin
8d91706 I was a vampire, and she had the sweetest blood I'd smelled in eighty years. romance edward-cullen-quote edward-cullen twilight-saga midnight-sun twilight vampire Stephenie Meyer
8452fb4 "I'm not asking you for a second chance. I know better than that. But you've got no right to ask me to settle for sex then expect me to give up the one thing that's kept me going. I gave you up, now I'm taking what's left." "You didn't give me up," she tossed back. "You never wanted me." "I never wanted anything the way I wanted you. I loved you." He dragged her painfully to her toes. "I've always loved you. I cut my own heart out when I sent you away." romance the-reef Nora Robertsrts
e16471f I would be consumed by you,' she said, and blinked her eyes furiously when she felt them fill with tears. 'You would sap all the energy and all the joy from me. You would put out all the fire of my vitality.' 'Give me a chance to fan the flames of that fire,' he said, 'and to nurture your joy. romantic relationships romance Mary Balogh
b223e5f "I'm not going anywhere until you hear me out." Oh, please no. Anything except having to listen to her lecture. I push the button that calls the nurse. a voice bellows through the speaker. "I'm bein' tortured." humour romance young-adult-romance young-adult-fiction Simone Elkeles
e17fd53 "There is a stillness between us, a period of restlessness that ties my stomach 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
f38d5b9 He whom the gods love dies young. literature dark romance books gavriel paranormal paranormal-romance tana-bach holly-black the-coldest-girl-in-coldtown ya vampires Menander
cc5f4c5 "I will insist you be man enough to take it. I won't have you making light of my feelings, or making light of yourself--as if you're not worthy of them. Because you are worthy, Colin. You're a generous, good-hearted person, and you deserve to be loved. Deeply, truly, well, and often." He looked utterly bewildered. Well, what did he expect, after the power he'd given her? He couldn't compare a woman to a torrentially beautiful monsoon, and then look surprised that he'd gotten wet. "You reckless man." She laid a touch to his cheek. "You really should be more careful with those compliments." romance love Tessa Dare
4097c18 "And he'd railed at her, his voice booming so loud the bed had seem to shake. She knew he was constantly there, was aware of his movement and comprehended his words, but she couldn't seem to open her heavy eyelids or speak. At night, he would wrap his body around hers, keeping her warm, whispering against her hair, "You enjoy being contrary. Then prove them all wrong and get better." He'd clutched her hip, then balled his fist there." romance love inspirational ethan-maccarrick maddy sickness Kresley Cole
06e49cd I've never heard of a man being so eager to confess to the parent of a girl he's just ruined romance Lisa Kleypas
17ad0cc Pray as if all things depend on God, and work as if all things depend on you. dark romance love scent-of-darkness demon werewolf paranormal paranormal-romance Christina Dodd
c29777b "My house seems remarkably full of people," he observed. "Is it possible we were expected." romance Georgette Heyer
979bab6 And why is it all men think everything a woman writes is trivial or trashy-or just plain silly drivel? Don't men have romantic notions? Don't men dream of finding the perfect love? romantic romance writing love romantic-notions finding-love V.C. Andrews
eca3db8 I know when something is too important to be decided by logic. romance love logic Lisa Kleypas
917ce26 "That dog is a wolf, is he not?' 'Aye, well, mostly.' A small flash of hazel told him not to quibble. 'And yet he is thy boon companion, a creature of rare courage and affection, and altogether a worthy being?; 'Oh, aye,' he said with more confidence. 'He is." She gave him an even look. 'Thee is a wolf, too, and I know it. But thee is my wolf, and best thee know that.' He'd started to burn when she spoke, an ignition swift and fierce as the lighting of one of his cousin's matches. He put out his hand, palm forward, to her, still cautious lest she too, burst into flame. 'What I said to ye, before . . . that I kent ye loved me-' She stepped forward and pressed her palm to his, her small, cool fingers linking tight. 'What I say to thee now is that I do love thee. And if thee hunts at night, thee will come home.' Under the sycamore, the dog yawned and laid his muzzle on his paws. 'And sleep at they feet,' Ian whispered, and gathered her in with his one good arm, both of them blazing bright as day." romance shipping Diana Gabaldon
3809415 I deciced if I were ever to get into booze and women, my line would be, 'Excuse me, madam, but I would really love to bed and muss you. . . . Are you perchance free this evening? romance humor teen Rachel Cohn
d6efb10 There's always time for arguin' when you're a Fuentes. humour romance young-adult-romance young-adult-fiction Simone Elkeles
7dc8d6e I want to talk to you. I want to listen to you. I want to walk with you and, yes, I want you in my bed. That's what I want today. That's what I'll want in a hundred years. If you promise to be my wife forever, I will pledge myself to your happiness. romance rules-of-attraction queen-victoria historical queen historical-romance Christina Dodd
b36ffaa For better or for worse, music is the language of memory. It is also the language of love. relationships memories romance music Jodi Picoult
16035f7 "I'm in love with you" Finally, the girl looks at me. "What?" "I don't know." I gesture to the house, the yard, the dirt surrounding us. "I'm not sure what suggested romance. Maybe it was the screaming match or the way my girlfriend kicked my ass to the ground, but I love you." Her mouth gapes. "I...I..." "I don't want you to say it back now. One of us should have some class." romance love Katie McGarry
4b0e630 Rachel knew what she was doing. And when she didn't, she could improvise on the fly, coming up with options that left a lot of collateral damage but usually only hurt herself, not the people around her. It was one of the things he would never admit that he admired about her. romance into-the-woods trent-kalamack jenks rachel-morgan paranormal urban-fantasy Kim Harrison
d5ec9a4 He pointed a shaking finger at her. 'You,' he growled. She jerked glances over both of her shoulders looking for the unfortunate You he was addressing. Her. Holy shite, this madman had settled on her. romance Kresley Cole
a12f7ea Searching for a mind long lost I found it shaping colors and history near the cliffs of your heart. passion romance love love-heals mystical-passion twin-flames passionate-love healing rebirth survival recovery Aberjhani
528d789 She didn't want soft and gentle. She needed his rough possession, claiming her, branding her, taking her in a firestorm of heat and flame that would end the world around them, leaving them nothing but ashes, clean and fierce and forever welded together. sex romance rough-sex sexy Christine Feehan
cb8c66c Maybe it was that nearly everyone else was dead and she felt a little bit dead too, but she figured that even a vampire deserved to be saved. Maybe she ought to leave him, but she wasn't going to. literature dark romance books gavriel paranormal paranormal-romance tana-bach holly-black the-coldest-girl-in-coldtown ya vampires Holly Black
44c93c3 My whole life I though I was the star of an overly earnest romance movie, and it turns out I was in a goddamned buddy comedy all along. romance life comedy romance-movie star film movie movies John Green
e83ecf0 "Excuse me?" I said, palms down on the Formica tabletop. "Coffee? I thought we came here for pie." "I don't eat the kind of pie they serve here." I felt a flash of heat go through my stomach. I knew firsthand the kind of pie Ranger liked." romance stephanie-plum-ranger Janet Evanovich
115bd1e "He was sound asleep, his long legs stretched out in front of him, the blessed fire blazing, an empty bottle of wine by his side. He hadn't been shaved recently, and he looked rumpled, dissolute and beautiful. Like a fallen angel. She moved to stand in front of him and pointed the pistol directly at his heart. "I wouldn't do that if I were you," he murmured, and then he opened his extraordinary eyes. "It's always unwise to shoot the man you're in love with." romance Anne Stuart
24f72d7 "You are always looking at people like this." And then she made a face, one he couldn't possibly begin to describe. "If I ever look like that," he said dryly, "precisely like that, to be more precise, I give you leave to shoot me." romance Julia Quinn
e6093b3 "You will show that thing to me and from now on, I will deal with them." I opened my eyes really wide and fluttered my eyelashes at him. "I'm sorry, I must've missed your coronation ceremony. Silly me." romance paranormal-romance urban-fantasy Ilona Andrews
d45d431 "Michael nodded tersely, eyeing a table across the room. It was empty. So empty. So joyfully, blessedly empty. He could picture himself a very happy man at that table. "Not feeling very conversational this evening, are we?" Colin asked, breaking into his (admittedly tame) fantasies." romance humor julia-quinn Julia Quinn
21d9242 "I love you. I love you. I love you. Always have, probably always will. Happy?" she said. He stopped when he was standing mere inches away. Reaching out, he captured her face in his hands and smoothed his thumbs across her cheekbones to clear her tears. "You have no idea how relieved I am to hear you say that," he said." romance Sarah Mayberry
40d42f4 George had turned at the sound of her arrival. For a moment he contemplated her, as one who had fallen out of heaven. He saw radiant joy in her face, he saw the flowers beat against her dress in blue waves. The bushes above them closed. He stepped quickly forward and kissed her. Before she could speak, almost before she could feel, a voice called 'Lucy! Lucy! Lucy!' The silence of life had been broken by Miss Bartlett, who stood brown against the view. romance heart-warming E.M. Forster
2b4eb8d "That's certainly a problem. But that's not what I was thinking of. It's just that you are so soft, so fragile. I have to mind my actions every moment that we're together so that I don't hurt you. I could kill you quite easily, Bella, simply by accident." His voice had become just a soft murmur. He moved his icy palm to rest it against my cheek. "If I was too hasty... if for one second I wasn't paying enough attention, I could reach out, meaning to touch your face, and crush your skull by mistake. You don't realize how incredibly breakable you are. I can never, never afford to lose any kind of control when I'm with you." romance twilight Stephenie Meyer
e564ace It was just a kiss and it was nearly too much and it still wasn't enough, and it was just beautiful. romance ya Jennifer L. Armentrout
8ddf583 How could you fall in love with a three inch worm? romance humor Stephenie Meyer
d78da70 This is how we are: we fall in love with each other's strengths, but love deepens towards permanence when we fall in love with each other's weaknesses. lovers romance strength love love-that-lasts philosophy-of-love finding-strength-in-love weakness human-nature Salman Rushdie
e0570cf The knowledge that she could learn to love a man had always meant more to her than loving him effortlessly, more even than falling in love, and that was why she now felt that she was on the threshold of a new life, a happiness bound to endure for a very long time. romance love Orhan Pamuk
ed239b4 "At first I wasn't all that tempted by him, but then he killed the spider. Which was a huge point in his favor." "Absolutely. I love men who kill bugs." "And then when I was freaking out and couldn't breathe, he was so...gentle." Zoe sighed and colored, remembering. "He was holding me, and talking to me in that voice...you know, sort of low and rough around the edges..." "All the Nolans sound like that," Justine said reflectively. "Like they've got a mild case of bronchitis. Totally hot." magic romance love Lisa Kleypas
6c7015f "I need to admit up front that I don't know how to have a fling. I'm not good at playing around and then saying good-bye. I'm throwing myself at your feet because I'm hoping for a shot at forever." Henry Jenkins/Mr. Nobley" romance Shannon Hale
295e214 No words for the passion. No words for the need. No words for the sheer epiphany of the moment. And so, on an otherwise unremarkable Friday afternoon, in the heart of Mayfair, in a quiet drawing room on Mount Street, Colin Bridgerton kissed Penelope Featherington. And it was glorious. romance love Julia Quinn
10d202f The start receives such disproportionate attention because it isn't deemed to be just one phase among many; for the Romantic, it contains in a concentrated form everything significant about love as a whole. Which is why, in so many love stories, there is simply nothing else for the narrator to do with a couple after they have triumphed over a range of initial obstacles other than to consign them to an ill-defined contented future--or kill them off. What we typically call love is only the start of love. romance love-stories love-at-first-sight Alain de Botton
e97d405 Madelyne, we're married now. 'Tis a usual occurrence to bed one's wife on the wedding night. romance humor julie-garwood Julie Garwood
dc65d9f "I love you too, Will Blakelee," she whispered, leaning in to kiss him again." romance love Nicholas Sparks
2352fca She couldn't do any worse, but then, he couldn't do better. So maybe it balanced out. marriage romance Terry Pratchett
2e49795 He had been held to her by a beautiful thread which it pained him to spoil by breaking, rather than by a chain he could not break. fiction romance far-from-the-madding-crowd gabriel-oak classic Thomas Hardy
15ea23b Romancin' is verra important, ye ken. Basically it's a way the boy can get close to the girl wi'oot her attackin' him and scratchin' his eyes oot. romance Terry Pratchett
30ad77b I love you Bonnie. So much that I hurt with it. And I hate it, and I love it, and I want it to go away, and i want it to stay forever.... pain romance love bonnie clyde letgo lines mustread stay favorite-books infinity one forever contemporary quotes favorite Amy Harmon
fbdb545 "They don't fit you?" V asked his roommate. "Not the point. No offense, but these are wicked Village People." Butch held his heavy arms out and turned in a circle, his bare chest catching the light. "I mean, come on." "They're for fighting, not fashion." "So are kilts, but you don't see me rocking the tartan." "And thank God for that. You're too bowlegged to pull that shit off." Butch assumed a bored expression. "You can bite me." , V thought. Butch and Vishous" romance humor vutch butch-vishous vishous vampire paranormal-romance J.R. Ward
f522d34 Was it just her, or did lovers look more adoringly at each other in this city? Especially in the springtime. 'Die, bastards.' She sighed. It wasn't their fault that they were bastards who should die. romance funny-quotes Kresley Cole
7adac16 I've fallen in love with you. I love you even now when you sit before me with the eyes of a wolf. So take pity upon the fool I have become. I forgot it was only a bargain between us. romance ronda-thompson untamed-one werewolves werewolf paranormal Ronda Thompson
7fd9284 I'm not sure I want to go to prom. I'm not sure I want to share you with anyone. romance Jennifer L. Armentrout
b06ae2c And even beyond the flaws, there are just some simple differences between Felipe and me that we will both have to accept. He will never--I promise you--attend a yoga class with me, no matter how many times I may try to convince him that he would absolutely love it. (He would absolutely not love it.) We will never meditate together on a weekend spiritual retreat. I will never get him to cut back on all the red meat, or to do some sort of faddish fasting cleanse with me, just for the fun of it. I will never get him to smooth out his temperament, which burns at sometimes exhausting extremes. He will never take up hobbies with me, I am certain of this. We will not stroll through the farmer's market hand in hand or go on a hike together specifically to identify wildflowers. And although he is happy to sit and listen to me talk all day long about why I love Henry James, he will never read the collected works of Henry James by my side--so this most exquisite pleasure of mine must remain a private one. marriage romance truth Elizabeth Gilbert
a017c5e John Brooke is acting dreadfully, and Meg likes it! romance Louisa May Alcott
a080d22 He loved her all he could; but he couldn't love her very much. romance Jennifer Crusie
3db6f32 "You will like her," he persisted. "Egad, she's after your own heart, maman! She shot me in the arm." "Voyons, do you think that is what I like?" romance georgian mothers Georgette Heyer Devil's Club
442f884 "He turned to her. "Didn't you see the lightning strike the steeple?" She recovered with a sip of tea, then smiled sweetly. "I was listening too devotedly to the sermon." "Claptrap last week," Lady D announced. "I think the priest is getting old." Gareth opened his mouth, but before he could say a word, his grandmother's cane swung around in a remarkably steady horizontal arc. "Don't," she warned, "make a comment beginning with the words, 'Coming from you...'" "I wouldn't dream of it," he demurred. "Of course you would," she stated. "You wouldn't be my grandson if you wouldn't." She turned to Hyacinth. "Don't you agree?" To her credit, Hyacinth folded her hands in her lap and said, "Surely there is no right answer to that question." "Smart girl," Lady D said approvingly. "I learn from the master." Lady Danbury beamed." romance humor lady-d Julia Quinn
30acb03 I think I fell in love with you the first time I saw you, Molly mine. And when I look at you, that's all I'm ever going to see, the woman I love. It doesn't matter if you're perfect. To me, you will be, and that's all that counts. It'll be that way always. Even years from now, when you're old and withered, I'll see you with my heart, not my eyes. That's just the way it is when you love someone. The imperfections don't exist. If you see them at all, you think they're beautiful. romance love Catherine Anderson
71a20bb ""You want more?" she asked a bit breathlessly. "Even after what we did?" romantica romance Emma Holly
06705be Cannot a Beast be tamed? romance beauty beauty-and-the-beast tamed Robin McKinley
1536b16 You love her. I do. I love her. romance teen-romance Jennifer L. Armentrout
fb5ec11 Three weeks hadn't changed Cop Central. The coffee was still poisonous, the noise abominable, and the view out of her stingy window was still miserable. She was thrilled to be back. romance humor j-d-robb science-fiction J.D. Robb
924aa63 "I pull back, gasping for breath. Reeling. His breath is ragged, and I place my hands on his cheeks to steady him. "Is this okay?" I whisper. "Are you okay?" His reply is anguished. Honest. "I love you." kissing romance honesty love lola-and-the-boy-next-door lola-nolan whispering i-love-you Stephanie Perkins
4e03c65 If she were here I wouldn't be able to keep my hands off her. I would hold her so close she'd beg me to let her breathe. I'd kiss her so hard she'd plead for mercy. I'd unfasten her clothing and lie with her on that hard bed, and what was between us would be as far above the ordinary congress between man and woman as the stars are above their pale reflections in the lake below. simile romance reunion Juliet Marillier
ea7b04c In a word, it was impossible for me to separate her, in the past or in the present, from the innermost life of my life. love-quotes romance love estella pip Charles Dickens
0bfb5c9 "I said alone!" He nodded in agreement. "Aye, you usually say that, and I still stay. It's our way." humour romance love paranormal-romance Kresley Cole
a03d8bb I would stay away from him and leave him to go his own road where there would be other women, countless other women, who would probably give him as much physical pleasure as he had had with me. I wouldn't care, or at least I told myself that I wouldn't care, because none of them would ever own him--own any larger piece of him than I now did. romance love starcrossed Ian Fleming
9e8169c He had taken George, my beloved George, from me. And he had taken my other self: Anne. romance historical Philippa Gregory
2fce476 I'm in love with you, and I'm not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things. I'm in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable, and that we're all doomed and that there will come a day when all our labor has been returned to dust, and I know the sun will swallow the only earth we'll ever have, and I am in love with you. romance love john-green-quotes tfios John Green
385e756 Keep going' she told herself, 'Don't look back.' But she looked anyways. literature dark romance books gavriel paranormal paranormal-romance tana-bach holly-black the-coldest-girl-in-coldtown ya vampires Holly Black
c31ec27 One ravishing dark-haired beauty wearing leather pants and strategically applied electrical tape, stared hard at me and, when she saw me looking, licked her lips very, very slowly. She trailed a fingertip over her chin, down across her throat, and down over her sternum and gave me a smile so wicked that it's parents should have sent it to military school. magic romance sidhe wizard jim-butcher Jim Butcher
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