What I loved about romances was the character, and I think I still bring that to my novels. What romance taught me… — Lisa Gardner Copy Share Image
The planet is populated by human beings, of which there are only two sexes, and the role of the writer is to… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
I enjoyed Adam McCormick, it was this odd mix of coming-of-age, of horror, of suspense, of almost romance. These kind of disparate… — Cameron Monaghan Copy Share Image
“Leo, I know it’s unexplainable because I barely know you, but being with you makes me feel good inside and happy. I’ve… — Ilsa Madden-Mills Copy Share Image
“Em, you have a soul.” “How can you be so sure of that, Hayden? How many people die and come back?” “No… — Jennifer L. Armentrout Copy Share Image
“I had seen enough of Western courtship rituals to know European families did little to identify, research and arrange suitable marriages. Instead,… — Ovidia Yu Copy Share Image
“God, Abby, I’m sorry. I’m so sorry,” he said as he stared out the bay window onto the lake. The serene morning… — Cindy Paterson Copy Share Image
“We straighten , bu our snickering is barely contained as we attempt to focus our attention on a picture of a discarded… — Stephanie Perkins Copy Share Image
“I can't promise you that I won't hurt you," he said softly after it became clear I wasn't going to speak. Sincerity… — Fiona Skye Copy Share Image
“Instinctively, and against my better judgement, I pull her closer to me. She rests her head on my shoulder as if it… — Marianne Curley Copy Share Image
“Perhaps if by chance I was seen arranging the shop window in my underpants, some lady in need of strong literary emotions… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“Eena turned aside, breathing shallowly as her mind raced with questions. She was glad he couldn’t read the confusion that swooped her… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“A thousand lips, a thousand eyes, a thousand hearts will read these words, as you read them, graze them, this moment. Thousands… — V.S. Atbay Copy Share Image
“Uh oh, maybe I’m hysterical. No, the look on his face had been so funny. Did he really think to kiss me… — Tamara Hoffa Copy Share Image
“We also fought about everything -- like real sisters. We fought about money, bedrooms, whose car to take. Everyone of these fights… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“There’s something different about him, and I don’t have to think hard to see it. Something about the way he takes over… — K.A. Tucker Copy Share Image
Sir Hiram Maxim is a genuine and typical example of the man of science, romantic, excitable, full of real but somewhat obvious… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“He kissed me. And it was the most Oliver kiss. His hands cupping my face gently to draw me to him, and… — Alexis Hall Copy Share Image
“I'm sorry,' she said to each of the dead as she unzipped and unfastened their things, 'I'm sorry Courtney. I'm sorry Marcus.… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
Some people think that writers are innately solitary and that there's a kind of romance to that solitariness. I tend to think… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
“It's time, Perry". He let her go. She took a step back, taking in his face one last time. His green eyes.… — Veronica Rossi Copy Share Image
“Don't let the whys have it. Don't let them take advantage of you. They'll crush your heart and steal your peace and… — Amy Matayo Copy Share Image
We keep quiet about what we read. Our enjoyment of a book remains a jealously guarded secret. Perhaps because there's no need… — Daniel Pennac Copy Share Image
“It was time to confront the old bat with the damage she'd caused this time. Then, he promised himself, he'd strangle her… — Eden Ashe Copy Share Image
“Joel’s face swam across my vision and I blinked, goose bumps running up my arms. I shook his memory away, determined to… — Rachael Wade Copy Share Image
“He took the pen and book from her and faltered. “Just write anything – anything trivial that won't matter if it comes… — Dianna Hardy Copy Share Image
The forward march of American literature is usually chronicled by way of its male novelists. There is little sense, in that version… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
“Do you play cards?” Her lips tingled from the light kiss, “In theory. Why? Do you have a hankering for Old Maid?”… — Beth Mikell Copy Share Image
Music is storming, driving, relentless, devotional, slinky, subtle, heartbreakingly-beautiful sounds that, lyrically, switch from the cynical to the sanguine, the defeated to… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
There is an amazing feminist writer called Lindy West; she wrote a very nice piece for The New York Times. She wrote… — Richa Chadha Copy Share Image
Colin decided then and there that the female mind was a strange and incomprehensible organ - one which no man should even… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
“The air hangs thick with awkward static, like it usually does around the endless parade of therapists, social workers, and grief counselors.… — Jillian Lauren Copy Share Image
“carried the full knowledge of how a man and a woman fit together. The plunge of his tongue into her mouth, her… — Anthea Lawson Copy Share Image
ROMANCE, n. Fiction that owes no allegiance to the God of Things as They Are. In the novel the writer's thought is… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“…whatever else remained the same, the light had changed, and you cannot find the pearly dawn at noonday. The fact is unalterable,… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“Human culture arises directly from how we overcome the challenges of survival. Some call culture a balance between decadence and celebration. The… — David Ai Copy Share Image
“Ours is a culture that reveres the ethos of absolute frankness and elevates truth-telling to moral perfection. Other cultures believe that when… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
“Believe in Yourself Why must we see something to believe in its existence?The wind itself cannot be seen by man, but all… — Grace Willows Copy Share Image
It's a known fact, that in life, you can't have everyhing. In my heart, I knew that I loved them both as… — Jenny Han Copy Share Image
“There was another reason why I wasn't ready to tell you all this that night in the airport." "What other reason?" "Guess… — Marie Force Copy Share Image
