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0b0e9e9 I don't need the aid of a clever man to teach me how to live. I can find it out for myself. gender inspirational love romance sex sexuality Henry James
924d5a4 "Tis a sad day when ye ha' t' pinch yerself t' see if ye're awake or in th' midst o' a night terror. 'Tis a really sad day when ye have t' pinch yerself twice." Old woman Nora to her three wee granddaughters on a cold winter's night" romance Karen Hawkins
04e3ddf Draden drank in his surroundings with both appreciation and sorrow. The beautiful path led to a village that should have been thriving. Instead, it was now a path to certain death. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
03d9ca7 She'd learned to live in the present a long time ago, to enjoy every moment she had. Time was a luxury, something she knew she could run out of very quickly, so she made sure each minute counted for something. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
a30817d "Just leave me alone, I want to be alone," she said when Jack tried to open the car door. She hit the lock, and wound the window up. Since the roof was down, it was a fairly pointless exercise." humour romance romantic-comedy Sarah Mayberry
8deb6e8 "Three Denises wobbled in front of her, all of them watching her with fond concern. "You're a sweetie. I appreciate you cheering me on from the sidelines. But I think I need to go to the bathroom now and throw up." funny humour romance Sarah Mayberry
6c9ed76 I intend to marry Michael, and squander all his money and run his life, and make sure he never again consorts with wicked women or gambles with licentious men. I promise I will henpeck him until he has no life beyond what I allow him, and when we die, I will lie in his arms through all eternity. christina-dodd duke governess-brides historical-adventure historical-fiction historical-romance romance Christina Dodd
ba602af He might be faithless but I believe in him. romance teenage-love ya-lit Francesca Lia Block
6da2c25 He knew she was there by the rapture and the terror that seized on his heart. She was standing talking to a lady at the opposite end of the ground. There was apparently nothing striking either in her dress or her attitude. But for Levin she was as easy to find in that crowd as a rose among nettles. Everything was made bright by her. She was the smile that shed light all around her. romance Leo Tolstoy
8c86e29 You said she's a senior? Babe we're ALL crazy. crazy funny girl gossip love romance senior you Cecily von Ziegesar
baa5546 "Creed scowls. "Hardly. All he does now is mope like a goddamn teenage girl. Anytime I'm home, he's in his room with the door locked. I'm telling you guys, he got worked over really bad in San Diego. I thought the whole point of having a gay brother was that they were supposed to be all cool and shit. I got a defective gay." creed gay lgbtqia m-m otter romance T.J. Klune
d11964f It would be, like all of Pammy's parties, hot and crowded and filled with impossibly glamorous people with hip bones so sharp they could qualify as concealed weapons. humor mystery romance Lauren Willig
48076a8 Witch Baby wanted to ask Ping how to find her Jah-Love angel. She knew Raphael was not him, even though Raphael had the right eyes and smile and name. She knew how he looked--the angel in her dream--but she didn't know how to find him. Should she roller-skate through the streets in the evenings when the streetlights flicker on? Should she stow away to Jamaica on a cruise ship and search for him in the rain forests and along the beaches? Would he come to her? Was he waiting, dreaming of her in the same way she waited and dreamed? love romance unrequited Francesca Lia Block
3b17715 Once ye made up yer mind to do somethin', 'tis better t'stumble o'er the small hillock of jump-ahead than t'bash yer head on the jagged rocks of did-nothing. Old Woman Nora of Loch Lomand to her three wee granddaughters one cold evening romance Karen Hawkins
d6665b1 "You look like a hot tamale." "That's not really a compliment." humour romance young-adult-fiction young-adult-romance Simone Elkeles
61ce0ea I can honestly say I could go two or three days without wondering what Savannah was doing or even thinking about her. Did this make my love less real? I asked myself that question dozens of times during that trip, but I always decided it didn't, for the simple reason that her image would ambush me when I least expected it, overwhelming me with the same ache I had the day I'd left. Anything might set it off: a friend talking about his wife, the sight of a couple holding hands, or even the way some of the villagers would smile as we passed. john love romance Nicholas Sparks
efaca5d If someone loved you -someone decent and kind that is- you had a responsibility not to trample all over her heart. And while he had no intention of hurting Emma, he knew that he could injure her just by not loving her back. Of course, maybe, he did love her back. But then again, maybe she didn't love him in the first place. She hadn't actually said as much. He couldn't very well love someone back if she didn't love him first. He could, however, love her first. And that meant that he was going to have to convince her to love him back. But the question was moot anyway because he hadn't yet decided to love her. Or had he? romance Julia Quinn
fcd2a3e How do you know she's the one for you? ...and did you ever notice how, when she's nervous,she sings? Off-key? You like that? Well, that's the thing. I think her flaws make me love her even more. She's not perfect, but she's perfect to me. love romance Jodi Picoult
33b6e5e She's not like anyone I've ever seen before. When I'm not with her, I want to be. And when she opens the book and I see her face, I can barely remember what I'm supposed to say, much less how to speak at all. I think I might be in love with her. love romance Jodi Picoult
67b7659 A Hazel e diferente. Ela caminha com leveza, velhote. Caminha com leveza sobre a Terra. A Hazel sabe a verdade: Somos tao capazes de magoar o universo como de o ajudar, e nao e provavel que facamos qualquer uma das coisas. As pessoas dirao que e triste que ela deixe uma cicatriz menor, que menos pessoas a recordarao, que ela foi profundamente amada mas de modo menos amplo. Mas nao e triste, Van Houten. E triunfante. E heroico. Nao sera isso o verdadeiro heroismo? Como dizem os medicos: Em primeiro lugar, nao facas mal. Seja como for, os verdadeiros herois nao sao as pessoas que fazem coisas; os verdadeiros herois sao as pessoas que reparam nas coisas, que prestam atencao (...) Que mais? Ela e tao bonita. Uma pessoa nao se cansa de olhar para ela. Nunca se preocupa se ela e mais esperta do que nos. Sabemos que e. E engracada sem nunca ser maldosa. Eu amo-a. Tenho tanta sorte por ama-la, Van Houten. Nao podemos escolher se somos ou nao magoados neste mundo, velhote, mas temos algo a dizer sobre quem nos magoa. Eu gosto das minhas escolhas. Espero que ela goste das dela. Gosto, Augustus. Gosto. romance the-fault-in-our-stars John Green
f1cd5e7 "For long minutes, we stood there. Until I said, "Let's go find somewhere to eat - outside." "Hmmm." He showed no sign of letting go. I looked up at last. Found his eyes shining with that familiar, wicked light. "I think I'm hungry for something else," he purred. My toes curled in my boots, but I lifted my brows and said cooly, "Oh?" Rhys nipped at my earlobe, then whispered in my ear as he winnowed us up to our bedroom, where two plates of food now waited on the desk. "I owe you for last night, mate." He gave me the courtesy, at least, of letting me pick what he consumed first; me or the food. I picked wisely." romance Sarah J. Maas
311f947 Pauvres creatures! Si c'est un tort de les aimer, c'est bien le moins qu'on les plaigne. Vous plaignez l'aveugle qui n'a jamais vu les rayons du jour, le sourd qui n'a jamais entendu les accords de la nature, le muet qui n'a jamais pu rendre la voix de son ame, et, sous un faux pretexte de pudeur, vous ne voulez pas plaindre cette cecite du coeur, cette surdite de ame, ce mutisme de la conscience qui rendent folle la malheureuse affligee et qui la font malgre elle incapable de voir le bien, d'entendre le Seigneur et de parler la langue pure de l'amour et de la foi. reflection romance Alexandre Dumas-fils
229b937 "The cloudless day is richer at its close; A golden glory settles on the lea; Soft, stealing shadows hint of cool repose To mellowing landscape, and to calming sea. And in that nobler, gentler, lovelier light, The soul to sweeter, loftier bliss inclines; Freed form the noonday glare, the favour'd sight Increasing grace in earth and sky divines. But ere the purest radiance crowns the green, Or fairest lustre fills th' expectant grove, forest love love-lost lustre melancholy memory nature pantheism reminiscence romance sadness sky twilight H. P. Lovecraft
28603bb A voice that to Dominica's fancy seemed to hold all the sunshine and the salt wind of fine days at sea smote her ears. romance true-love Georgette Heyer
1e354a9 He saw trust. Complete trust. It was a gift, a precious one, and it humbled him. I've got you, Emeline. I will always be with you. Dragomire to Emeline, Dark Legacy, Dark #27 crime dark-27 dark-legacy fantasy mystery paranormal romance vampires Christine Feehan
b509319 There it was, that note that told him in a minute the balance of power would shift from him to her, although, truthfully, she always had it. She just didnt know it. romance torpedo-ink Christine Feehan
2f3e3c2 Baby you're reading the situation completely wrong. I know you don't need saving. I do. I need you to save me. romance torpedo-ink Christine Feehan
6de9451 Why does the forbidden always add that edge of sweetness? edge excitement forbidden pleasure romance sweet taboo Robin Hobb
b1a43d3 Reg: Speaking of blunt, dinner is on my bill tonight, mes amis. Alex: What's the occasion? Augustus: Lady Caroline's agreed to venture out on a picnic with out intrepid hero. Kit: I don't know why you keep insisting she's smitten with me. I've barely spoken five sentences to her. Augustus: It's very simple. Reg has thrown his entire being into pleasing Caroline. She knows every nuance of his thought and character. You, however, are a mystery to be explored, solved, and resolved. romance Suzanne Enoch
ef38a7f "There is beautiful you are." "No," said Marged, between a sigh and a sob. "Yes," said Owen. "No," said Marged, not so certain. "Behold," Owen said, from Solomon. "thou art fair. Thou hast dove's eyes." "Dove's eyes are small." Marged said. "Yours are so big they are my whole world," said Owen." -- fair romance Richard Llewellyn
b217dde It was dangerous to go back, at least for him, to even think of those days when he was too young and had no way to save the dying. He could only whisper to them, tell them not to be afraid, and that someday, he would avenge them. romance torpedo-ink Christine Feehan
967580b "I see a man," she said softly. "A man with the roar of cannons still ringing in his ears. A man bloodied by life, but not beaten. A man with a scar that draws his mouth into a frown when he might actually long to smile." hero romance scarred Teresa Medeiros
03f8fc3 I swooned the first time I saw Charlo. I actually did. I didn't faint or fall on the floor but my legs went rubbery on me and I giggled. I suddenly knew that I had lungs because they were empty and collapsing. love romance Roddy Doyle
6e9cbf3 "She leaves my side and heads deeper into amnesia androids apocalypse carrack cityisle cityspire count damnation death desolate dreams emily-dickinson empty fedora ghosts gothic greek-mythology haunting haunts horace-walpole jazz life magic magick mannequins masquerade music phillip-k-dick piano poems puddles rain reflections romance sacrifice science-fiction sex shakespeare ships songs specters spectre storms tempest waking water Nathan Reese Maher
61929ea The blame of course belonged to Clyde, who just was not much given to talk. Also, he seemed very little curious himself: Grady, alarmed sometimes by the meagerness of his inquiries and the indifference this might suggest, supplied him liberally with personal information; which isn't to say she always told the truth, how many people in love do? or can? but at least she permitted him enough truth to account more or less accurately for all the life she had lived away from him. It was her feeling, however, that he would as soon not hear her confessions: he seemed to want her to be as elusive, as secretive as he was himself. relationships romance truth Truman Capote
41a1212 We only have a few minutes. Let's make them worth our while. life romance Jennifer L. Armentrout
3f808b7 Kissing girls is not like science, nor is it like sport. It is the third thing when you thought there were only two. love romance Tom Stoppard
5a1efef 'There's a seagull eating our food,' he told me, and it was the most romantic thing I'd ever heard. romance T.J. Klune
2df1b4c "Excuse me, your attention please." He waited until the whole floor had stopped what it was doing and turned to face him. For a split second his impulse control kicked in, but by then his mouth was fully engaged. "For the record, Claire Marsden and I are not having sex." humour romance romantic-comedy Sarah Mayberry
9c5e84f Listen, I didn't ask for a face and body girls find attractive. But thanks to the mixture of my parents' DNA, I've got them, and I'm not ashamed to use 'em. humour romance young-adult-fiction young-adult-romance Simone Elkeles
561ab58 When it concerns you, it's never a waste of my time. romance Jennifer L. Armentrout
473eaf8 "You said we've got a new page. I figure I've got some say in what gets written on it. So I'm going to work on you. Last time around, you threw yourself at me." "I did no such thing." "Sure you did. But I can see I've got my work cut out for me this time. That's okay." He skimmed his thumb over her knuckles before she jerked her hand free. "In fact, I think I'm going to enjoy it." "I don't know why I waste my time trying to mend fences with you. You're as arrogant as you ever were." "Just the way you like me, sweetheart." romance Nora Roberts
f3e5ed6 My chest clenched as I looked down at the oil-stained asphalt. Here but not. Existing but not living. I knew that feeling. Lived it for several years. Some days it felt like I was still wearing that feeling like a heavy jacket buttoned up too tightly. living love romance the-problem-with-forever ya Jennifer L. Armentrout
7c2d378 I realize that I quite like this girl. It's not just that she's so pretty the words fly out of my mind before they can leave my mouth--it's that when we're chatting, I feel like I've known her all my life. love romance Jodi Picoult
dbab0bc Poppy: What makes you think I'm having dinner with you? Jake: Because you can't sit in your room and eat ice cream and chips two nights in a row. You'll get scurvy. You need vitamin C. humor romance Sarah Mayberry
bf03b73 "Don't give up all your romance, Anne," he whispered shyly, "a little bit is a good thing - not too much, of course, but keep a little of it, Anne, keep a little of it." romance L.M. Montgomery
e37a9c3 There were some feelings that just didn't have words big enough to describe them. love romance Jodi Picoult
9eabc67 We all convince ourselves of things like this- not necessarily about Say Anything, but about any fictionalized portrayals of romance that happen to hit us in the right place, at the right time. love romance truth Chuck Klosterman
c6b2804 Now every time he turned to her, he bent his head, as though he would have fallen at her feet, and in his eyes there was nothing but humble submission and dread. 'I would not offend you' his eyes seemed every time to be saying, 'but I want to save myself, and I don't know how. romance Leo Tolstoy
52cfffd "You should do that more often," he said. "Laugh, I mean." "I know." But that sounded sad, and she didn't want to be sad, so she added, "I don't often get to torture grown men, though." "Really?" he murmured. "I would think you do it all the time." She looked at him. "When you walk into a room," he said softly, "the air changes." -- julia-quinn love-story romance Julia Quinn
b1145c4 "We make a pretty good team, huh?" "The best. In fact, I was planning to do this when we got back to the Fairmont, but suddenly I don't want to wait." "For what?" Reaching into the pocket of his black pinstripe suit coat, he retrieved a huge square-cut diamond ring and slid it onto her left hand. "What do you say we make this partnership official?" Tears flooded her eyes. "Do you promise to love me forever?" His blue eyes went dark with desire and love as he nodded. "Forever and ever." "Pinky swear?" He smiled and wrapped his little finger around hers. "Pinky swear" She leaned in to kiss him. "Then you've got yourself a deal." marie-force romance Marie Force
c0401a4 "Olivia," he sighed as he held her tight against him. "I like the way you leap." For once her laughter was free and easy. "And I like the way you catch me when I land." marie-force romance Marie Force
988ff10 Goodbye Curly. I'll see you next summer. Keep out of trouble, now, until I come back. juliet-marillier romance Juliet Marillier
ced1483 No, Mary had no illusions about romance. Falling in love was a pretty name for it, that was all. Jem Merlyn was a man, and she was a woman, and whether it was his hands or his skin or his smile she did not know, but something inside her responded to him, and the very thought of him was an irritant and a stimulant at the same time. It nagged at her and would not let her be. romance Daphne du Maurier
282770c We must all get our hearts broken sometimes. This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something love risk romance Elizabeth Gilbert
a55910f We held each other so close that we might indeed have been one body. love romance James Baldwin
6fc17c9 "Liza Hempstock, who had been Bod's friend for the last six years, was different in another way; she was less likely to be there for him when Bod went down to the nettle patch to see her, and on the rare occasions when she was, she would be short-tempered, argumentative and often downright rude. Bod talked to Mr Owens about this, and after a few moments' reflection, his father said, "It's just women, I reckon. She liked you as a boy, probably isn't sure who you are now you're a young man. I used to play with one little girl down by the duck pond every day until she turned about your age, and then she threw an apple at my head and did not say another word to me until I was seventeen." Mrs Owens stiffened. "It was a pear I threw," she said, tartly, "and I was talking to you again soon enough, for we danced a measure at your cousin Ned's wedding, and that was but two days after your sixteenth birthday." Mr Owens said, "Of course you are right, my dear." He winked at Bod, to tell him that it was none of it serious. And then mouthed "Seventeen" to show that, really, it was." love marriage romance Neil Gaiman
1cd57a0 "And then, with the feather-green darkness pressed against the windows, he puts his filthy fingers on my scrubbed hope face and says, "If I kiss you, it's all over." And then he does. And then it is." love romance sex Emma Forrest
b2f2886 She's my girl now and I'll do anything for her at any time. I'm in love with her. first-love katie-mcgarry love romance young-adult Katie McGarry
c344a78 I just feel sorry for men now. It must be frustrating to be so feeble and limited. romance Penny Reid
989ce1c "So why did he do it?" Cricket rakes a hand through his hair. "For the same reason everyone makes mistakes. He fell in love." lola-and-the-boy-next-door lola-nolan love mistakes romance Stephanie Perkins
16dfe17 If she hasn't learned to appreciate my sterling character and spectacular good looks by this time, it's not likely she will. romance sarcasm Elizabeth Peters
5be3133 Oh, darling, that's what love is. It's some power greater than you and me, that draws us to one special person. love-quotes romance Jodi Picoult
58f0810 But sometimes the key to happiness is just expecting a little bit less. jodi-picoult love romance Jodi Picoult
67b4e94 Later she would think about how he'd snuck up on her so silently. The man was on crutches - what was he, a ninja or something? romance Sarah Mayberry
27e23cc Sadly, however, the sight of her generous D cups no longer sparked an ounce of interest from Little Sam, the man in charge of social activities. humour romance Sarah Mayberry
08a0b07 Though Trish and her bad boy types weren't exactly Kindra's style, she had to agree that Violet went for quiet and uninteresting. Sort of like mild salsa. Why even bother? You'd be better off just biting a tomato. girltalk romance Erin McCarthy
1a8f375 Suddenly he caught his reflection in the mirror behind her. His face was twisted into a dark scowl, and he was standing there naked, with a boner, and another man's business card in his hand. He looked like a dick. funny humour romance Sarah Mayberry
09301ff He was set on having her for the rest of his life, no matter how long or little that was, but he could see, if she agreed, he was going to have his hands full. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
ae506b1 Being friends is different from being lovers. It's a sea change. friendship love love-story lovequotes lovers relationships romance women women-s-fiction women-writers Barbara Delinsky
497172a Travis Hunter's blood froze in his veins at the piercing female scream that echoed through the forest. He was moving just as the sharp scent of blood tinted the crisp mountain air mixed with the rancid smell of the rogue mutants. ashwood-falls lia-davis romance shapeshifter tiger wolf Lia Davis
cf0eefe "My peony," he emphasized. "And it's only for us, no one else." He liked the intimacy of having a special name for her no one else knew but the two of them." paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
0124366 Draden didn't move, staying as still as any predator with his gaze fixed on his prey. No muscle moved. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
c58c0c2 I could live without you, but I wouldn't want to romance Suzanne Enoch
73db19f Draden was hers. The one. The only. She didn't know how she knew it, but she did know that nothing in her life was truer. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
5720350 She broke my heart, so now I have to write about her forever. It made everything different. It's something that can only happen once. lesbian lesbian-romance love relationships romance true-love Michelle Tea
571cc5f A punching bag. The guy was pounding on a punching bag. That realization took about a nanosecond to register in her brain before the real important information came to the forefront: LoriSue, God bless her slutty little soul, had been absolutely correct. He was male-stripper material, and he'd been thoughtful enough to strip to a pair of athletic shorts on his very first night in the neighborhood. lust romance stud Susan Donovan
4c8d46b "That's a stupid name! Whirly-gig is much better, I think. Who in their right mind would point at this thing and say, 'I'm going to fly in my Model-A1'. amnesia androids apocalypse carrack cityisle cityspire count damnation death desolate dreams emily-dickinson empty fedora ghosts gothic greek-mythology haunting haunts horace-walpole jazz life magic magick mannequins masquerade music phillip-k-dick piano poems puddles rain reflections romance sacrifice science-fiction sex shakespeare ships songs specters spectre storms tempest waking water Nathan Reese Maher
c25585c I know my maker sanctions what I do. For the world's judgement - I wash my hands thereof. For man's opinion- I defy it classic inspirational romance Charlotte Brontë
a400158 It turns out that there's something even harder than not being able to be with the person you love when you're happy: not being able to comfort her when she's sad. love romance Jodi Picoult
49d1ff1 "Quinn spoke their language--all mystery and inside jokes, scarred souls and statement shirts. It was a beautiful moment for him--in his element and completely happy. When they started playing, he leaned over and whispered in my ear. "See that guitar?" I nodded. "That's a 1969 Martin D28. Hear me when I say if I had to choose between a beautiful girl and that guitar, I'd choose the guitar. Natch." He took a huge gulp of water, clearly affected. "Naturally," I whispered. "It could be why you're still single." glass-girl guitar henry-whitmire indie-band laura-anderson-kurk long-distance-relationship love martin-guitar meg-kavanagh music perfect-glass quinn-o-neill rock-band romance teen-fiction teen-literature ya young-adult-fiction Laura Anderson Kurk
a43ec7d This night is not calm; the equinox still struggles in its storms. The wild rains of the day are abated; the great single cloud disparts and rolls away from heaven, not passing and leaving a sea all sapphire, but tossed buoyant before a continued, long-sounding, high-rushing moonlight tempest. The Moon reigns glorious, glad of the gale, as glad as if she gave herself to his fierce caress with love. No Endymion will watch for his goddess tonight. there are no flocks out on the mountains; and it is well, for to-night she welcomes Aeolus. charlotte-bronte melancholy nature romance shirley Charlotte Brontë
4c48dc9 Torrens kicked at the door until it was finally opened. The farm couple and three youngsters had been eating breakfast in the common room. The yard dog would have bounded in had not Torrens kicked the door shut. 'I want a bed. Quilts. A hot drink. I am a doctor. This woman is my patient.' The farm couple was terrified. The look on the face of Torrens cut short any questions. They did as he ordered. One of the children ran to fetch his medical kit from the cart. The woman motioned for Torrens to set Caroline on a straw pallet. The farmer kept his distance, but his wife, shyly, fearffully, ventured closer. She glanced at Torrens, as if requesting his permission to help. Between them, they made Caroline as comfortable as they could. Torrens knelt by the pallet. Caroline reached for his hand. 'Leave while you can. Do not burden yourself with me.' 'A light burden.' 'I wish you to find Augusta.' 'You have my promise.' 'Take this.' Caroline had slipped off a gold ring set with diamonds. 'It was a wedding gift from the king. It has not left my finger since then. I give it to you now - ' Torrens protested, but Caroline went on - 'not as a keepsake. You and I have better keepsakes in our hearts. I wish you to sell it. You will need money, perhaps even more than this will bring. But you must stary alive and find my child. Help her as you have always helped me.' 'We shall talk of this later, when you are better. We shall find her together.' 'You have never lied to me.' Caroline's smile was suddenly flirtacious. 'Sir, if you begin now, I shall take you to task for it.' Her face seemed to grow youthful and earnest for an instant. Torrens realized she held life only by strength of will. 'I am thinking of the Juliana gardens,' Caroline said. 'How lovely they were. The orangerie. And you, my loving friend. Tell me, could we have been happy?' 'Yes.' Torrens raised her hand to his lips. 'Yes. I am certain of it.' Caroline did not speak again. Torrens stayed at her side. She died later that morning. Torrens buried her in the shelter of a hedgerow at the far edge of the field. The farmer offered to help, but Torrens refused and dug the grave himself. Later, in the farmhouse, he slept heavily for the first time since his escape. Mercifully, he did not dream. Next day, he gave the farmer his clothing in trade for peasant garb. He hitched up the cart and drove back to the road. He could have pressed on, lost himself beyond search in the provinces. He was free. Except for his promise. He turned the cart toward Marianstat. romance Lloyd Alexander
0e3e1e2 Apples are kissing other apples. Gray cats are kissing other gray cats. Trees are kissing trees. You and I are not kissing. We work in an office together. We are both married to other people. It is okay because we only have ideas, you and I, about whether we should kiss or not. These ideas are both good and bad, probably. At work, we do not say these words aloud but make elaborate diagrams for one another. You write these words: Kissing you would be like this, and draw a picture of two butterflies being struck by lightning. I stare at it and wonder if you may be right. I do my own drawing and write, Kissing you would be like this, and sketch a picture of a man made of ice kissing a woman who is actually a stove. We have made hundreds of these drawings. We do not actually do any work. romance Joe Meno
ec9a884 Vain, silly creature. Made for loving? Yes, but she'll have no lover, for I don't want her and she'll see no other. patriarchy revisionist-history romance Jean Rhys
86bfbae Poets often describe love as an emotion that we can't control, one that overwhelms logic and common sense. That's what it was like for me. I didn't plan on falling in love with you, and I doubt if you planned on falling in love with me. But once we met, it was clear that neither of us could control what was happening to us. We fell in love, despite our differences, and once we did, something rare and beautiful was created. For me, love like that has happened only once, and that's why every minute we spent together has been seared in my memory. I'll never forget a single moment of it. poetic poetry romance romantic Nicholas Sparks
9a7b9bc I actually felt awed by the remote possibilities of the person liked ever liking you back a corresponding amount. fiction marisha-pessl possibilities relationships romance the-odds Marisha Pessl
b34bf06 Describing our romantic longings in 'Life preserves,' therapist Harriet Lerner shares that most people want a partner 'who is mature and intelligent, loyal and trustworthy, loving and attentive, sensitive and open, kind and nurturant, competent and responsible.' No matter the intensity of this desire, she concludes: 'Few of us evaluate a prospective partner with the same objectivity and clarity that we might use to select a household appliance or a car.' To be capable of critically evaluating a partner we would need to be able to stand back and look critically at ourselves, at our needs, desires, and longings..... We fear that evaluating our needs and then carefully choosing partners will reveal that there is no one for us to love. Most of us prefer to have a partner who is lacking then no partner at all. What becomes apparent is that we may be more interested in finding a partner than in knowing love. finding-love love love-at-first-sight love-quotes pick-up-line picky romance romantic-partner bell hooks
56b51c4 "What's with all those tattoos? Makes you look like a hooligan." "I suspect I am a hooligan." humour romance young-adult-fiction young-adult-romance Simone Elkeles
d8787e5 "Alex strode through a doorway and kicked the door shut, finally dumping Emma down upon a large four-poster bed. She immediately made a mad dash for the door, but Alex ably blocked her, redeposited her on the bed, crossed the room, and locked the door with a resounding click. "Why you-" Alex tossed the key out the window." romance Julia Quinn
a6869e5 He foll0wed her as she crossed to the four-station apparatus. His attention was glued to her butt the whole way. realizing what he was doing, he snapped his gaze away and checked to make sure no one had noticed. Nope. They were all too busy staring at Jamie's butt. romance tension Sarah Mayberry
56257fe What exactly did mean, while he was on the subject? That Delaney needed to have sex? that she craved an orgasm? And if that were the case, why couldn't she just take care of the matter on her won in the privacy of her home without putting him through all this torture? Anything was preferable to the thought of her being with Jake. humor needs romance sex Sarah Mayberry
8ea64bc It was now twenty minutes past four in the morning, allowing for the fact that the clock in the library of his town house was four minutes slow, as it had been for as far back as he could remember. He eyed it with a frown of concentration. Now that he came to think about it, he must have it set right one of these days.Why should a clock be forced to go throught its entire existence four minutes behind the rest of the world? It was not logical.The trouble was though, that if the clock were suddenly right, he would be forever confused and arriving four minutes early -- or did he mena late? -- for meals and various other appointments. That would agitate his servants and cause consternation in the kitchen. It was probably better to leave the clock as it was. mary-balogh romance Mary Balogh
6cbfd3c What makes a treasure a treasure is how rare a find it is, when you need it the most. love romance romance-novel Jodi Picoult
b6724fd She would make a man of me. She puts strength and courage into me as no one else can. She is unlike any girl I ever saw; there's no sentimentality about her; she is wise, and kind, and sweet. She says what she means, looks you straight in the eye, and is as true as steel. girls louisa-may-alcott love lovers manhood modern-magic romance Louisa May Alcott
3686d8a "You're mad," he said in a low voice, "if you think I would leave you now. I'll see you safe and well no matter what it takes." romance romantic Lisa Kleypas
bce7e5a Isaiah grabs my hand and leads me away from the police...My heart stutters. He's holding my hand. A guy is holding my hand. Touching it. Like his fingers entwined with mine. I've never held a guy's hand before and it feels good. So good. Warm. Strong. Awesome. And it would only be a million times better if the guy holding my hand liked me. innocence isaiah rachel romance Katie McGarry
70a572f I'd have given you everything I had. If you'd needed more, I'd have found it, and given you that. It's the way I love. It's the only way I know how. love romance Nora Roberts
2af640a People do understand the language of the heart, you know, even if the head does not always comprehend it. love passion regency regency-romance romance romantic Mary Balogh
d852a41 "Oh, God. God, isn't that perfect? He's Dad. He's Dad with a layer of nerd. Solid, steady, chipping away so patiently, you don't even know you've had your shields hacked down until you're defenseless. It's the type." "You're not in love with a type, you're in love with a man," Penny corrected. "Or you're not." romance Nora Roberts
91a0471 The moment sex ceases to be a servant it becomes a tyrant. homosexuality love romance sex G.K. Chesterton
02f652f "Is he really so wonderful, this Westley of yours?" "Not so much wonderful as perfect," she replied. "Kind of flawless. More or less magnificent. Without blemish. Rather on the ideal side." love romance young-love William Goldman
43c4326 "I wanted to get you flowers but none of the flower shops are open at this hour. I checked six all-night variety stores before finding any at all and this was the best of the-" "They're lovely," Rachel interrupted as she took the flowers. Limp and sad-looking as they were, they truly were lovely to Rachel. They represented hope, and she accepted them gladly, offering a shy smile as she lifted them to her face and sniffed the delicate bouquet of- "Salami?" They were kept in the deli fridge," he muttered, looking embarrassed." humor romance vampires Lynsay Sands
5b2f3fc He grins again, and everything inside me moves. Oh, love. Love. romance James Baldwin
b697b86 Is it love to worship a saint in heaven, whom you dare not touch, who hovers above you like a cloud, which floats away from you even as you gaze? To love is to feel one being in the world at one with us, our equal in sin as well as in virtue. To love, for us men, is to clasp one woman with our arms, feeling that she lives and breathes just as we do, suffers as we do, thinks with us, loves with us, and, above all, sins with us. Your mock saint who stands in a niche is not a woman if she have not suffered, still less a woman if she have not sinned. Fall at the feet of your idol an you wish, but drag her down to your level after that- the only level she should ever reach, that of your heart. love romance Emmuska Orczy
64c944d The Howard Hughes thing hadn't actually sounded like such a bad deal until about...oh, eight thirty-five this morning. Something about having his ex carry him to the bathroom and help him wash his balls just took all the fun out of becoming an eccentric recluse. ex humor jock recluse romance Heidi Betts
67dd1d7 It made him feel like less of a man. And given how much less of a man he'd felt the past several weeks, that was really saying something. He was surprised someone from the Man Club hadn't come by to revoke his dick and balls. humor jock romance Heidi Betts
50c9fc9 The distance between us feels too close, too far, too close. romance ya-contemporary ya-contemporary-romance Stephanie Perkins
baf6f46 Cricket tells a joke and turns to see if I'm laughing, if I think he's funny, and I want him to know that I do think he's funny, and I want him to know that I'm glad he's my friend, and I want him to know that he has the biggest heart of anyone I've ever known. And I want to press my palm against his chest to feel it beat, to prove he's really there. But we cannot touch. cricket-bell lola-and-the-boy-next-door lola-nolan love romance Stephanie Perkins
fd27c10 Shug Avery sat up in bed a little today. I wash and comb out her hair. She got the nottiest, shortest, kinkiest hair I ever saw, and I loves every strand of it. afro-hair love romance Alice Walker
818344e "He hesitates, then says, "You don't think Otter... gets offended by what I say?" He begins to speak faster. "I mean, I don't care who Otter sleeps with. I don't care that he's a fa- gay. I don't care that he's gay. Why would I ?" He grins thinly. "He's my brother. You don't turn away from someone like him just because he likes sick instead if the good stuff." gay lgbt m-m otter romance T.J. Klune
4e229ca So while I drove my little and planned his fantasy night of how I was going to give Otter the key to my soul (his words, not mine), I silently panicked and wrote lines of bad poetry. Normally, I am quite adept at writing poems and lyrics to songs I'l never sing, but this stuff was just atrocious. For example: I love you You love me Thank God for that I'm so happy And Ty's personal favorite (which he helped me on): Otter! Otter! Otter! Don't lead cows to slaughter I love you and I know I should've told you soon-a But you didn't buy the dolphin-safe tuna! TY asked me if I got the hidden message in his poem. I told him it was loud and clear. animal-rights child funny gay romance T.J. Klune
36f2478 "I won't marry you," she repeated. "Why not? You were eager enough to fuck me." Anna winced. "I do wish you would stop using that word." Edward swung around and assumed a hideously sarcastic expression. "Would you prefer swive? Tup? Dance the buttock jig?" romance words Elizabeth Hoyt
0d73dd1 It sounds cool to say you are going to fight with a pen not a sword but violence with words is still violence .. josei journalism manga reality-quotes romance swords words Yayoi Ogawa
d8d8f84 Did she know, could she know what it meant to him when she turned to him, when she opened herself to him like this? In absolute trust. Her strength, her valor remained a constant wonder to him, as did her unrelenting determination to defend those who could no longer defend themselves. These moments, when she allowed her vulnerabilities, her doubts, her fears to tremble to the surface compelled him to take care. In these moments he could show her it wasn't just the warrior he loved, he treasured, but the woman, the whole of her. The dark and the light. love roarke romance J.D. Robb
7d3a183 The man loves you with everything he has, everything he is. Eve, that means you can hurt him. love marriage roarke romance J.D. Robb
f2d82ef And so, in silence, we walked the surface of a dying world, but in the breast of one of us at least had been born that which is ever oldest, yet ever new. I loved Dejah Thoris. The touch of my arm upon her naked shoulder had spoken to me in words I would not mistake, and I knew that I had loved her since the first moment my eyes had met hers that first time in the plaza of the dead city of Korad. dejah-thoris edgar-rice-burroughs falling-in-love in-love john-carter love love-quotes romance romantic romantic-quotes Edgar Rice Burroughs
9508ba4 There was one slight, desperate chance, and that I decided I must take--it was for Dejah Thoris, and no man has lived who would not risk a thousand deaths for such as she. barsoom dejah-thoris john-carter love romance romantic sacrifice Edgar Rice Burroughs
40ebd72 "When I came in and you were sleeping, I thought: There's my soldier, exhausted from her wars." He lifted her hand, kissed her fingers. "Now, I look, and I think: There's my woman, soft and lovely." Her lips curved as he undressed her. "Where do you get this stuff?" "It just comes to me. I've only to look at you, and the world comes to me. You're my life." roarke romance J.D. Robb
549d089 Liking something and wanting to take it for a ride are two very different things', Joslyn sais, climbing out of the truck to stand on the ground. Hutch's eyes sparkled as he came around to face her. 'I'm not touching that one with a ten-foot pole,' he told her. modern-western ranching romance Linda Lael Miller
cb2b4a2 cause if you were my girlfriend and a stud like me was livin' in your house, I'd kiss you in front of the guy every chance I got as a reminder. humour romance young-adult-fiction young-adult-romance Simone Elkeles
f233e29 The Professor doesn't have a problem being called Dick? If my name was Richard, I'd go by Richard or Rich . . . not Dick. Hell, I'd even settle for being called Chard. humour romance young-adult-fiction young-adult-romance Simone Elkeles
3c53eee Isn't that what true romance is supposed to be about? Finding the person who's your soul mate. Someone you dream about at night. Someone whose name is on your lips when you wake up in the morning. love romance young-adult Jodi Picoult
8b5372b I detested that people who already had everything they could possibly want would step on others who had nothing. Would use them and crush them. I'd lived my life mainly in the streets and found out the hard way that people who could have helped just hurt us. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
e54bc18 He had the impression of Shylah pouting, and that made him happy. Just talking to her made him happy. The fact that she would circle around, hunt and find the man watching from the forest, was a complete turn-on. He liked that this woman would be his partner. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
8f12921 His ears caught a sweet chiming noise, and a moment later a warm rush fell over his body. How we doing Rhage? Too hot? Butch's voice. Up close. The cop was in the shower with him. And he smelled Turkish tobacco. V must be in the bathroom too. Hollywood? This too hot for you? No. He reached around for the soap, fumbling. Can't see. Just as well. No reason for you to know what we look naked together. Frankly, I'm traumatized enough for the both of us. Rhage smiled a little as a washcloth scrubbed over his face, neck and chest. humor romance vampire J.R. Ward
5b16f69 "KM: Yes. Mrs. Lopez, she's human. And you know, clearly, she'd like people to show some appreciation for her hard work. But if people just, you know, take her pie and don't even say, "Hey, nice pie," they just scarf it down or whatever- MH: I could see how that would get to be annoying. I mean, if you're constantly providing...pie. And getting no positive feedback- KM: Right! And what about your future? I mean, how do you know people are still going to want your pie in the future? Supposing they become a famous rock star or something. People are going to be offering them pie all over the place. If they haven't promised only to eat your pie, well, where does that leave you?" love relationships romance Meg Cabot
c3142e2 "If I've got a Dad, and his name is Wormwood Rot, and he's in some heavy metal rock band called Grave Dirt . . . then I'm definitely meeting him! She stares at me awkwardly, and I'm about to ask again--maybe even insist--when she says, "Honey, why do you think he's on the news? Wormwood, I mean . . . your father? Becca, he's . . . dead." ghouls heavy-metal rock-and-roll romance romance-novel young-adult-romance Rusty Fischer
316992f "Your eyes seem to flash every time you stare at me. You look hungry when you look at me." A slight growl rumbled in his chest. "That's a different kind of hunger, Naomi." paranormal rancher romance shifters urban-fantasy werewolves Kait Ballenger
c2a8601 "I can't believe I have you here with me," she whispered and turned her face into his throat, nuzzling him. Inhaling. Tasting his skin with her tongue. "My life was pain and terror. You took away his voice. You gave me hope that my daughter would survive and others wouldn't shun her. I was terrified and alone, and you changed all that. You brought beauty and hope back into my life. Thank you for that, Dragomire. I swear I will spend every minute making you happy." Emeline to Dragomire, Dark Legacy, Dark #27" crime dark-27 dark-legacy fantasy mystery paranormal romance vampires Christine Feehan
98f7481 Every man wants love, if he can get past the fear of exposure. love love-quotes love-story romance Barbara Delinsky
e627915 "I don't think I've actually seen you smile before, " Wyatt observed. "This woman must be the real deal to teach you how to smile." paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
2498046 She had to know, soon or later, that he was no saint and never would be. He loved her, but if she was going to stay with him, she had to know the worst of him. He wanted honesty between them. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
6180552 "We're celebrating tonight," Ricco said, raising his glass. "To our Francesca. May she be followed by the right ones in a very timely manner." romance shadow-rider-series suspense Christine Feehan
9c53904 He didn't want to take over her life, he wanted her to surrender it to him. Invading her privacy was far different than her volunteering to tell him what was going on in her life. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
264fd05 I love everything about you. I told myself that was what it was. All those parts, separately that I loved them. I watch you. I'm inside your mind. I see who you are. I've decided it isn't about loving everything about you. It's simply about loving you. paranormal romance science-fiction Christine Feehan
eeea79c His smile was warm, impossible to ignore, and did something to her insides, making her feel happy. Happiness wasn't something she was used to feeling and it shocked her a little. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
1b3dffa She probably should have been afraid of him, but he brought her such a sense of well-being that fearing him was impossible. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
cd5ab46 There was always a trail, skin cells, a scent, thermal imaging, parts left behind that the riders called prints. Sometimes those proved helpful when tracking an individual, especially if they were fresh. romance shadow-rider-series suspense-thriller Christine Feehan
dd1020d She laughed easily, that was one of the things he remembered most. Her laughter. The sound of it. The way she turned everything bad into something good. romance torpedo-ink Christine Feehan
8e1a380 Steele knew Breezy wasn't going to be won over easily, but as far as he was concerned, there was no other choice. He 'had' to win her over for his own self-preservation. romance torpedo-ink Christine Feehan
b99c8c2 It won't work that way. You know me, Bree. You 'know' me. I might have misled things at the club. But I gave you the real man. I don't back away from a fight and I win. romance torpedo-ink Christine Feehan
3e79122 He'd been angry. He'd been afraid for her. He'd been shocked that just by being with her, he'd become everything he most despised in the world-- a predator. romance torpedo-ink Christine Feehan
61539ca He'd been the one to end things, and it had been ugly. Really ugly. Deliberately ugly. He'd said things to drive her away--and she'd gone. She'd managed to take pieces of him with her. She'd stolen those pieces from him, and he'd known when she'd left, he wasn't going to get them back. romance torpedo-ink Christine Feehan
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