“Giving me orders already? I like that. Makes me feel like a boy toy.” — Lauren Blakely Copy Share Image
“We prayed these wars would end all wars -- In war we know is no romance." ( Done With Bonaparte )” — Mark Knopfler Copy Share Image
“If you are reading this, I'm dead. Don't celebrate too much. Jesus is watching.” — Katie Graykowski Copy Share Image
“With aggressive come-ons, at least you knew where you stood. Holding hands, you got - hopeful.” — Laura Florand Copy Share Image
“Lust, pure gorgeous lust: the sacred energy that elevates us, and makes us feel so special.” — Fiona Thrust Copy Share Image
It's all about the triumph of intellect and romance over brute force and cynicism. — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
“I miss you like the rain misses the soil, and the soil misses the rain, during those dry summer spells.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“She dreamed of autumn. Of chilly autumn winds and soft fall rains. She could even feel the cool moisture as the rain… — Grace Willows Copy Share Image
“Okay, tough girl,” he said softly, nuzzling at her throat. “No questions. No talking. You go ahead and give ignoring what’s still… — Jill Shalvis Copy Share Image
“I remember myself as a child, pudgy and awkward and unsure of myself. For a moment I wonder how anyone could love… — Ashlee Willis Copy Share Image
“A soul could be resurrected and re-born to another body, its memories restored, but once the house it belonged to had been… — Yelle Hughes Copy Share Image
“An editorial in the Los Angeles Times [1923] wistfully asked, 'Will eating chestnuts by crackling log fires become one of the lost… — Susan Freinkel Copy Share Image
“He clenched his teeth and muttered, "I can't get deep enough." … Putting her mouth to his ear, she whispered, "Try.” — Thea Harrison Copy Share Image
Every intimacy carries secreted somewhere below its initial lovely surfaces, the ever-coiled makings of complete catastrophe. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“She gently bit his bottom lip, his ear. Worked her way down his body until she reached the inside of his thigh,… — Dominique Wilson Copy Share Image
“Gray. The overcast skies had the colour of deadened stones, and seemed closer than usually, as though they were phlegmatically observing my… — Simona Panova Copy Share Image
“Even though Sam wasn't a romance author, he knew all the big ones, the heavy hitters and those that had crossed genres.… — Carolyn Gibbs Copy Share Image
You can't find intimacy-you can't find home-when you're always hiding behind masks. Intimacy requires a certain level of vulnerability. It requires a… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
I am not somebody who goes around saying men are superior or that male writers are superior. In fact, I really go… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
“Are you bothered because he says he could see us together? Or is there something else?” Sam's voice had grown quieter with… — Sara Winters Copy Share Image
“Morgan closed her eyes and took a deep breath. “Maybe you’re right,” she sighed, “We should probably wait.” Owen drew back, and… — Kristen Casey Copy Share Image
Hollywood overstates both the romance of marriage and the prevalence of divorce. Celebrities have divorce rates that are atypical and higher than… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
“Summer is a gentleman: slowly warming the earth at length before undressing her in the fall.” — Curtis Tyrone Jones Copy Share Image
Romance is a means to the end of self-completion, but love is an end in itself. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“Maybe illusion and artifice—lies, even—are a necessary part of romance.” — Jody Gehrman Copy Share Image
“Trusting the resolve in my heart is but a stepping stone to the future I now see clearly.” — S.K. Logsdon Copy Share Image
“Gideon, you don't fit any type," I drawled. "You're in a class by yourself” — Sylvia Day Copy Share Image
“Fear isn't real. It's something we create when we think about what could happen.” — Robin Bielman Copy Share Image
“You’re gorgeous. You’re sexy. You’re … asking me to cut that dress off you? I’m praying for strength.” — Cristin Harber Copy Share Image
“She couldn't do any worse, but then, he couldn't do better. So maybe it balanced out.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“I want to kiss you so very badly, Rose. But I can't. And its killing me" -Mr. Stone” — Kate Bloomfield Copy Share Image
“Love Is not Blind, it just doesn't need eyes. It can only be felt...” — Saket Chattopadhyay Copy Share Image
The appeal of writing a romance was that I'd never written one before the The Thorn and The Blossom. — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image