Trust leads to intimacy, which leads to healing and meaning. We can only be intimate to the degree we can make ourselves… — Dean Ornish Copy Share Image
“... he'd been forced to reply on his charm. Which, as Cam would have put it, was like a wet cat trapped… — Lia Davis Copy Share Image
“I won’t ask you for anything you aren’t willing to give me,” he croons. “And I promise you’ll enjoy it. Do you… — D.L. Hess Copy Share Image
'Crimson' is written in a very particular style, and it's very precise in the way it graduates into a gothic romance. The… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
“I understand that you want “normal” by what you define it, but normal is what you make it. You could spend a… — Cyndi Goodgame Copy Share Image
Thus Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Douglas and Mr. Joyce partly spoil their books for women readers by their display of self-conscious virility; and… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Think about it, there must be higher love Down in the heart or hidden in the stars above Without it, life is… — Steve Winwood Copy Share Image
“I know you mean well, wife, but I'm gonna spank your ass red tonight for this." I lick the outer part of… — Joz Maxel Copy Share Image
“I concede that a bad romantic novel is embarrassing and indefensible. So is a bad so-called realistic novel. (And it is usually… — Mary Burchell Copy Share Image
“And even though I’m a writer, and I pen my words in black and white on flat sheets of paper stapled together… — Jessica Yeh Copy Share Image
“I am the woman at the water’s edge, offering you oranges for the peeling, knife glistening in the sun. This is the… — Shara McCallum Copy Share Image
“And then the lights went low, and our song began. The song I’d been working on since I’d arrived on the island.… — Rachael Wade Copy Share Image
To me, there was an interesting movie to be made about two people who had been on that whirlwind romance and what… — Dan Mazer Copy Share Image
“My work has often been described as “chick lit” and for the most part the term doesn’t bother me. I think it… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
“Impressive deduction,” Ryan murmured. “You certainly look deeper than most.” He brushed back a strand of my hair, and I screwed my… — Sam Dogra Copy Share Image
“I will do everything I can to be the man that you want, the man that the seven-year-old you used to dream… — Kandi Steiner Copy Share Image
“And even though they had not had sex yet, he was a great lover, replacing sex with the science of bravery and… — Keira D. Skye Copy Share Image
I am a die-hard romantic at heart and love the idea of love. But, when it comes to love, I kinda believe… — Esha Gupta Copy Share Image
“Unease stole through her, and she shivered. Now that the moment had arrived, she was nervous. Damn it, this never happens in… — Amanda Usen Copy Share Image
“Jimmy shot him a look that patently said: ‘Mon noo, Wee-man, whit are ye waitin fur? Ah’ve set ye up tae get… — Jamie Holoran Copy Share Image
“The past is an educational toy for the present. It should be discarded the moment its usefulness is outgrown.” — Tom Morrison Copy Share Image
“It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth… — John Joseph Powell Copy Share Image
A crush can grow into love once it stops looking at the outside, and focuses on the real person inside. If it… — Richard Stidham Copy Share Image
Without romance, films will be boring. I doubt if people now understand romance, though they may claim it otherwise. I am very… — Sunny Deol Copy Share Image
Intimacy is not only limited to the physical definition. The most beautiful of intimate moments is when you and your partner understand… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I see the way he looks at you when you're not aware of his gaze. I see the way you care for… — Susan Wiggs Copy Share Image
“My heart fluttered on Kaylee’s behalf. Being called lovely in an Irish accent…well that’s swoonworthy stuff, take my word for it.” — Katrina Abbott Copy Share Image
I think it's wrong to write in a totally esoteric language when you want to talk about things which interest a multitude… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
“It would be, like all of Pammy's parties, hot and crowded and filled with impossibly glamorous people with hip bones so sharp… — Lauren Willig Copy Share Image
“I spent most of my life believing there would never be a Prince Charming out there for me. Kissing toads can have… — Elizabeth A. Reeves Copy Share Image
“The difference between being content and being blissfully happy is unquantifiable, and only those who experience the latter can understand just how… — Emma Shane Copy Share Image
“Each romance, the type of self-destructive gesture Hedda Hopper would call "marry-kiri".Instead of plunging a sword into one's stomach, you repeatedly throw… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
It's nice that there are movies and songs about romance - it's what motivates us as human beings. I'm all for being… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
“Then his beautiful lips touched hers. A fluttering of wings, a cry of angels, a single beat of two hearts.” — Chris Lange Copy Share Image
I was influenced growing up by everything from Harlequin romances to Fedor Dostoyevsky and Albert Camus, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, and later… — Danzy Senna Copy Share Image
Oh, aye, Sassenach. I am your master . . . and you're mine. Seems I canna possess your soul without losing my own. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Emily swore and he was impressed; he'd never thought to string cocksuckingsonofabitch together in one sentence. He couldn't help himself; the snort… — C.H. Admirand Copy Share Image
“Kindness is a source of relief to the soul of the giver, creating a sense of fortitude that is incomprehensible to those… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
“I have a request to make,my lord." He held her gaze; she could see him trying to decide what she might ask,… — Stephanie Laurens Copy Share Image
“Overhead, the stars were wheeling and infinite, a complicated mobile made by giants. They pulled me amongst them, into space and memories.” — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
