Romance Quotes

Oliver knocked on the door, trying to keep his fear in check. Dominic didn't answer. Oliver looked around the porch for a hidden key, frantically searching under the welcome mat, but to no avail.

~ Yawatta Hosby

The embrace at the airport and stolen glances of Poe wasn't enough for him. Oliver needed to be closer to her again--emotionally and physically. His stomach clenched. Why couldn't Poe be his?

~ Yawatta Hosby

Loving for the second time isn’t sweet; it’s bitter, and hurt more than the first.

~ Jessica E. Larsen

That's why writers write—to say things loudly with ink. To give feet to thoughts; to make quiet, still feelings loudly heard.

~ Tarryn Fisher

There's something to say about inspiration - when it comes into your life...the feeling is insatiable.

~ Ann Marie Frohoff

As I stared into those crystalline eyes, I knew I had finally found what I was looking for, but it came with a price. Damien was everything I hated and it wasn't until that moment that I realized how lost I really was. My soul was drawn to his very aura, but the ache within my heart was the undeniable reminder that it could never be a reality. My pride and stubbornness had forever wrecked what Damien and I could have had. I was but a galaxy within a black hole, something so majestic and extraordinary, and it was irrevocably lost to me.

~ H.p. Landry

Of course, in my mind, violence would have been better, but since that wasn’t an option, I decided to play along. “It’s okay, handsome. I’ve only been here a few minutes. I’d like to introduce you to Dick.”“No, it’s…” Richard tried to correct me only to be interrupted by Drew.“Nice to meet you, Dick,” Drew retorted.

~ Jeanne Mcdonald

A man who respects his wife, does not sleep with other women. And a woman who respects herself does not allow her husband to get away with it

~ Courtney Giardina

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.

~ Jennifer L. Armentrout

Em, you have a soul.”“How can you be so sure of that, Hayden? How many people die and come back?”“No one dies and comes back. You did because of your sister, and you have a gift. Maybe that played a role in your coming back, but you have a soul. You aren’t evil. There’s nothing you can say that will make me think that.” I looked up and our gazes locked. “And there’s nothing you can say to make me feel differently.” He lowered his eyes. Thick lashes fanned his cheeks. “I know you do, because I wouldn’t want to… to kiss you if you didn’t have a soul.” I froze.“You… you want to kiss me?

~ Jennifer L. Armentrout

Ember, he’s not going to—” I pushed off the car. “Please. Hayden, please don’t tell him. I’m all Olivia really has. Please.” My voice cracked, and I looked away, embarrassed. “She’s all I have.” Hayden made a soft noise deep in his throat. Then he clasped my elbows and pulled me right up against him. His arms carefully snaked around my waist, trapping me in a hug. It could have been the bunny. Hell, it could’ve been the last two years that suddenly made me want to stay in Hayden’s embrace. Surely— surely not the way his heat thawed the ice encasing my entire body. Or how hard his chest felt under the sweater… or how perfectly I fit against him. And he was a chivalrous type of guy. Right? He wanted to help me control my gift, as ridiculous as that sounded. Comfort— he offered comfort, and I needed to remember that. His arms around my waist made it hard, really hard to keep that in mind, though. “Okay.” Hayden’s breath stirred the hair around my ear. “Even though I think I should tell him, I won’t. But I will figure out who did this.

~ Jennifer L. Armentrout

A young girl needs to spread her wings, but a young woman needs roots.

~ Sydney Logan

But more importantly, know I love you more than I can say with simple words. Poets have attempted for centuries to find the perfect combination, and I don’t imagine I shall have more luck than they.

~ Lissa Bryan

[bookcover:Lessons Learned|13578440] Another shot, and for some reason, I’m the only one who can’t move. Who can’t scream. Who can’t do anything but watch as the young man’s body slumps over his tray. Finally, I find my voice and scream his name.

~ Sydney Logan

The accent was warm and soft and undeniably Northern. When I turned around, I was staring into a pair of beautiful crystal-blue eyes. “Wow,” I whispered. I scanned the paint swatches, wondering if such a shade of blue would look good on the exterior of my house. “Mr. Johnson said you might need help selecting paint.” “It’s impossible,” I muttered. “I just wanted to buy some blue paint. Why is this so complicated?” The handsome man stepped closer to my side. “It isn’t, really. Just pick what you like.” I like crystal-blue. Luckily, I didn’t say those words aloud.

~ Sydney Logan

And we all know how ladies get minks . . .”Popsy and Sandra chorused the answer together. “The same way minks get minks!

~ Suzy Duffy

It was wonderful to see the sparkle back in her eyes. He wanted to keep it there. For the first time in years he’d found himself actually caring about how someone else felt. He’d been spending so much time being a tough successful businessman that he’d almost forgotten how pleasurable it was to help make other people happy.

~ Emily Arden

If I had two breaths left inme, one first one I would use to tell you I miss you, and the second that I love you.

~ Katarina Jovic

If I had two breaths left in me, the first one I would use to tell you I miss you, and the second that I love you.

~ Katarina Jovic

How may times can you lose the one you love?

~ Lauren James

Durand smiles. There is nothing behind the smile except perhaps another smile, repeating ad infinitum into the distance.'Of course,' he says.

~ Beatrice Hitchman

The schoolroom . . . Olivia had always adored its confines and endless horizons. The melodious purr of the teacher's voice rising up and down her lessons like a musical score. And the sight of book spines--black, blue, green--lined up side by side like London townhouses. Each leather rectangle a gift waiting to be opened and explored and savored.

~ Julie Klassen

That spring was the start of everything, for me. Before then, I might have been half-asleep, drifting through life.

~ Lucy Foley

There is not a lost piece of yourself that can't be found in a good novel.

~ Kimberly Jo Smith

Stay with me?” His fingers wound into my hair, and his arm tightened around me. “Always.

~ Amalia Carosella

She dropped her head again on Marius' knees, and her eyelids closed. He thought the poor soul had departed. Eponine remained motionless. All at once, at the very moment when Marius fancied her asleep forever, she slowly opened her eyes in which appeared the sombre profundity of death, and said to him in a tone whose sweetness seemed already to proceed from another world:--And by the way, Monsieur Marius, I believe that I was a little bit in love with you.She tried to smile once more and expired.

~ Victor Hugo

Identity was partly heritage, partly upbringing, but mostly the choices you make in life.”Patricia Briggs.

~ Demetra Angelis Foustanellas

To those of you who are enslaved by your past, may my story set you free. For youth is innocent and its beauty is to always be cherished.

~ Nancy B. Brewer

Cowan son of Branieucc, you're the only one of my people that I know for sure still lives.

~ Sandi Layne

I studied how to use the clothes washer. The handy instructions on the lid helped, so did the box of suds. It instructed me to separate the whites from the coloreds. Laundry will be the last American institution to desegregate.

~ Huston Piner

Wake up! You’re a sacred soul and glory is yours for the taking.

~ Stefan Emunds

At least I’m the one leaving. It’s so much easier to leave than to be left.

~ Stefan Emunds

Waiting for one’s execution is worse than dying. To seek my beheading is glory. Who went to his execution willingly? Jesus did. Jesus even dragged his cross half way to Golgotha. I think he would have nailed himself to the cross if he had to.

~ Stefan Emunds

The world is an ambitious business. It continuously expands and evolves. But people are lazy and God is far too lovely to do something about it.

~ Stefan Emunds

Honor is a balancing act and only the heart can strike that balance.

~ Stefan Emunds

Sometimes words ruin everything.

~ Jesikah Sundin

There is not a more powerful weapon upon this earth capable of inflicting more damage, pain and suffering than a betrayal of the heart.

~ Mark Boyer

I once believed soft, warm, beautiful things could never flourish in an environment of hard concrete and cold, dark bricks.

~ Tom Winton

How can one fall in love? For me, love can only be uplifting...

~ Ashok Kallarakkal

And suddenly, her day turned into the kind that explained why God invented chocolate, comfy pants, and booze.

~ Avery Flynn