- “Tell me of this Wizard Howl of yours”. Sophie’s teeth chattered but she said proudly, “He’s the best wizard in Ingary or anywhere else. If he’d only had time, he would have defeated that djinn. And he’s sly and selfish and vain as a peacock and cowardly, and you can’t pin him down to anything.” ― Diana Wynne Jones, Castle in the Air
- “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.” ― Emmuska Orczy, I Will Repay
- “Never in a million years would he have imagined her to look at him like that – eyelids batting of their own volition and her lips puckering in expectation as she leaned slightly forward. Yet here she was doing precisely that – it was much too comical to stop the smile crossing his face.And that was when she hit him.It wasn’t a faint slap on the cheek. No, Alexandra put all her weight behind the right hook that landed squarely across his jaw, throwing him completely off balance.Damnation!” ― Sophie Barnes, Lady Alexandra’s Excellent Adventure
- “Behind Tana there was the sounds of splintering wood, as though something very large had hot the door. “No,” she said softly, “Oh no. No.” “Leave me,” said Gavriel. …..”Shut up or I might,” she told him.” ― Holly Black, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
- “But I can’t remember anymore what it’s like to not be happy.” ― Mariana Zapata, The Wall of Winnipeg and Me
- “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 howincredibly breakable you are. I can never, never afford to lose any kind of control when I’m with you.” ― Stephenie Meyer, Twilight
- “I love waking up with you, Sam. You feel so good. You smell so good and when I open my eyes and see you laying there so peaceful and serene, I can’t help myself. I’m usually able to look at you for a few minutes before my body decides it needs to be in you.” ― P.J. Fiala, Second Chances
- “No bikinis on a first date.” He nods. “I’m sure that’s a rule. Or should be. For my sisters anyway.” ― Huntley Fitzpatrick, My Life Next Door
- “How come when mortals want things, their only option is to make a deal with Hell and sell their soul? Why can’t they make deals with God in exchange for good behavior?”It was another of those rare moments when I’d surprised Carter. I waited for the glib answer I’d mentioned to Seth, something along the lines of goodness being its own reward. The angel considered for several seconds. “Humans make those deals all the time,” he said finally. “They just don’t make them with God.””Then who are they making them with?” I exclaimed.”Themselves.” ― Richelle Mead, Succubus Heat
- “His eyes opened, and he stared at me. The morning light was streaming through the window,and my hair rolled in waves over either shoulder.“God has smiled upon me. I have the most beautiful wife in all the land.” ― Lisa Tawn Bergren, Bourne
- “And he took her in his arms and kissed her under the sunlit sky, and he cared not that they stood high upon the walls in the sight of many.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien
- “Kissing – and I mean like, yummy, smacking kissing – is the most delicious, most beautiful and passionate thing that two people can do, bar none. Better than sex, hands down.” ― Drew Barrymore
- “Alex took a silent step closer to the kitchen door and watched unseen as willow spooned instant coffee into a pair of mugs.With another yawn, she scraped her hair off her face and stretched. She looked so entirely human, so drowsy and sleep-rumpled.For a moment, Alex just gazed at her, taking in her long tumble of hair, her wide green eyes and pixieish chin. Fleetingly, he imagined her eyes meeting his, wondering what she’d look like if she smiled” ― L. A. Weatherly
- “If the human heart sometimes finds moments of pause as it ascends the slopes of affection, it rarely halts on the way down.” ― Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
- “I stood still, vision blurring, and in that moment, I heard my heart break. It was a small, clean sound, like the snapping of a flower’s stem.” ― Diana Gabaldon, Dragonfly in Amber
- “For those people who love without knowing the meaning of love, they are the ones who come to hate love at the very end.” ― Mwanandeke Kindembo
- “Ultimate prosperity is one’s value within. It takes a man of depth, morality, and charm to be envied yet without a sign of wealth or romance. A passion to prove such inner worth is his permission to achieve whatever he desires.” ― Criss Jami, Killosophy
- “Better this way, what remained of his battered sensibilities told him. He was no good for her, anyway. She didn’t understand him. She didn’t understand that he was cursed. And, selfish as he was, he’d rather she hate him than he hate himself any more than he was already going to. Any more than he already did.” ― V.S. Carnes
- “His lordship and I are…opposite sides of very different coins.” ― Emma Jensen, The Irish Rogue
- “Every great love starts with a great story…” ― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook
- “So he caught her in his arms and kissed her, and they were very happy, and told each other what a beautiful world it was, and how wonderful it was that they should have found each other, seeing that the world is not only beautiful but rather large.” ― Edith Nesbit, The Magic World
- “Anyway.” I cleared my throat loudly. “Thank you again for the beautiful necklace. It’s perfect, and I love it. Where did you find it? I’ve never seen anything like it before.”It was his turn to look embarrassed and he ducked his head. “That’s because I made it.” He peeked up at me, and my heart melted. Am I dreaming? This has to be a dream.”You made it?” Something wet hit my cheek and I brushed it away, impatiently waiting for his answer.”Yeah,” he said shyly. “I did.” ― Jessica Verday, The Hollow
- “So that’s it? You’re just going to rescue me and go?” ― Pamela Clare, First Strike
- “[A]s people are beginning to see that the sexes form in a certain sense a continuous group, so they are beginning to see that Love and Friendship which have been so often set apart from each other as things distinct are in reality closely related and shade imperceptibly into each other. Women are beginning to demand that Marriage shall mean Friendship as well as Passion; that a comrade-like Equality shall be included in the word Love; and it is recognised that from the one extreme of a ‘Platonic’ friendship (generally between persons of the same sex) up to the other extreme of passionate love (generally between persons of opposite sex) no hard and fast line can at any point be drawn effectively separating the different kinds of attachment. We know, in fact, of Friendships so romantic in sentiment that they verge into love; we know of Loves so intellectual and spiritual that they hardly dwell in the sphere of Passion.” ― Edward Carpenter, The Intermediate Sex: A Study Of Some Transitional Types Of Men And Women
- “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.” ― Mary Balogh, Slightly Dangerous
- “ A woman with romance in her life lived as grandly as a queen, because her heart was treasured.” ― Nora Roberts, Bed of Roses
- “Please Tell me what your favorite flavor of ice cream… is” ― Lara Sansen, What’s your favorite flavor of ice cream?
- “If I let myself love you, I won’t throw myself in front of her. I’ll throw myself in front of you.” ― Richelle Mead, Vampire Academy
- “Be YOU. There is nothing sexier than someone who is confident enough to be themselves, quirks and all. It is often your unique nature that separates you from the crowd in the best way possible for your romantic match to notice you.” ― Alaric Hutchinson, Living Peace: Essential Teachings for Enriching Life
- “A girl can still admire, can’t she? Even those who can’t afford to go in the store can still window-shop. Right? Knowing he wasn’t for me didn’t mean I couldn’t covet the merchandise.” ― Colleen Houck, Tiger’s Curse