I've noticed over the past years of my writerly life that women writers in particular are discouraged in cleverly disguised forms from… — Lidia Yuknavitch Copy Share Image
I don't really think of my narrator in terms of gender. I think of them much more in basic emotional terms. As… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
“Nights like this,” someone had told him, not so long ago, “feel like the world’s waiting for something.” He was sure, in… — Lauren Gilley Copy Share Image
I went to Ethiopia, and it dawned on me that you can tell a starving, malnourished person because they've got a bloated… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
“The ball of iced cream was nestled in a crystal dish. A pale orange in hue, it was studded with bright green… — Laura Shepherd-Robinson Copy Share Image
Was Mrs. Wilcox one of the unsatisfactory people- there are many of them- who dangle intimacy and then withdraw it? They evoke… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm also a sucker for a view. Take me to a high place where I can see the landscape or the stars… — Evan Rachel Wood Copy Share Image
“In psychologist Robert Sternberg's triangular theory of love, he identifies three characteristics: passion, intimacy, and commitment. Passion is defined as physical attraction… — Susan Shapiro Barash Copy Share Image
“When it comes to love, it has to be face-to-face. There has to be contact. Love cannot exist where there is only… — Erwin Raphael McManus Copy Share Image
Away with old Romance! Away with novels, plots and plays of foreign courts; Away with love-verses, sugar'd in rhyme, the intrigues, amours… — John Keats Copy Share Image
“We drove in silence for a while. “Can I have a gun?” I asked. “No!” “Just a little one? For my handbag?… — j d nixon Copy Share Image
“Romance didn’t always mean large gestures. Often it was the small things that mattered most. A note telling her how beautiful she… — Melody Anne Copy Share Image
“When I love, I love with everything within me.” Seeing him with his child, this was obvious. Did he mean…yes, he meant… — Mary J. McCoy-Dressel Copy Share Image
In love relationships, there's such intimacy, and the potential to be the most vulnerable and honest and raw with another person. Why… — Rachael Yamagata Copy Share Image
Goodbye, my almost lover. Goodbye, my hopeless dream. I'm trying not to think about you, can't you just let me be? So… — A Fine Frenzy Copy Share Image
“Tonight, after we're done with the bank, we're going to finish this. Somewhere it's just the two of us. But if I… — Melissa Cutler Copy Share Image
“I was so sure this was different, the kind of story they made movies and books about, but in the end it… — Leah Raeder Copy Share Image
“So is this being in love? I stay with the moment, waiting to find out, the space between us fluctuating with uncertainty.… — Kea Alwang Copy Share Image
“Landon drops the bloody knife and stares at Summer like he doesn’t even know her anymore. The truth is, she’ll never be… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
“He handed the dust pan and brush over. I knew they wouldn’t be much use in cleaning the floor. I also knew… — Fiona Thrust Copy Share Image
“Genesis contemplated further as he considered that women were such a strange but captivating paradox to him, you wanted to love them… — Jill Thrussell Copy Share Image
“One thing I do know about intimacy is that there are certain natural laws which govern the sexual experience of two people,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Yet it was a strange thing that, though we sometimes passed whole hours together without speaking when we were alone, the mere… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Maybe I should keep you in a walled garden so you can't ever leave.' The image this conjured up was so vivid… — Sharon Shinn Copy Share Image
“The love that we feel for each other is not about the worldly things, those materialistic possessions, or great looks either. It’s… — Ankita Chadha Copy Share Image
~One surprise of motherhood for me was how little control I have. I thought it would be a blissful romance with me… — Amanda Peet Copy Share Image
“Don’t fall in love with me,” She whispered harshly, a sob catching in her throat. “I know you probably think I’m egotistical… — Nina D'Angelo Copy Share Image
~Do you like him much? ~I told you I like him a little. Where is the use of caring for him so… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
“I'm falling in love with you." As the words left his mouth, his lips pressed to mine, giving me the most intense… — Magan Vernon Copy Share Image
“She tried to break from his hold, and he tightened his grip. “You’re safe. I killed the rogues.” The woman stilled and… — Lia Davis Copy Share Image
“It is even beyond my belief to hold it abjectly. You express my thoughts and spread them by word of mouth. Then,… — Sarah Chergui Copy Share Image
“Growing up seems easier for men, maybe because their rites of passage are clearer. They perform acts of bravery on the battlefield… — Suzanne Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
It is quite true that I have worshipped you with far more romance of feeling than a man usually gives to a… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“A circle has no end, no beginning, and can hold within itself all the love and devotion shared between mates. Let the… — Stacie Simpson Copy Share Image
“People will point to books written about women, by men, and books written by women, and say, ‘Tell me, what is the… — Shireen Dodson Copy Share Image
“when other characters mistake Sam and Dean for a couple, this is not just a crude attempt at homophobic humor. It also… — Galen A. Foresman Copy Share Image
“I’m sorry,” he said in a soft voice while leaning closer to her, “for taking liberties earlier. I hope I didn’t offend… — Sherri Browning Copy Share Image
In American Romances, her new book of essays, Rebecca Brown has a voice that is full of pop references, family stories, and… — Susan Stinson Copy Share Image
“Cormag caught his hand and pulled him back until they were facing each other. “I think you're amazing,” he said, blurting the… — Elaine White Copy Share Image
“I’m not trying to make you cry. I’m trying to make you see. You’re just like the colorful sky, Lilla, this beautiful… — Pella Grace Copy Share Image
