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If you tell me, I will leave you alone," I said. "And if you don't tell me, I am going to grab… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
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“Intimacy and sex are totally different things. Intimacy is a bond that God brings about between two married people. It comes from… — Karen Kingsbury Copy Share Image
Good evening, Lord Corwin,' said the lean, cadaverous figure who rested against a storage rack, smoking his pipe, grinning around it. Good… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
“Our first kiss was there on the bridge in the woods. How do you describe a first kiss? It is like trying… — Kirstie Collins Brote Copy Share Image
“Love’s sharp teeth sink into her. She surrenders to his possessive arms. They anchor her to his body and to this strange,… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
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It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“He kissed her slowly, deeply, seized by a slew of contrasting emotions. It was wrong to kiss her, he registered faintly in… — Katie Lynn Johnson Copy Share Image
“Sleep: the moon still hasn't moved the width of a constellation since you were a girl. Since you have become a woman,… — Alexander Lernet-Holenia Copy Share Image
“I do not want to date you." He groaned. "Liv. You've got to be kidding me. I picked up my whole life,… — Marie Force Copy Share Image
“I’d decided last night, and strengthened my resolve this morning, to have eyes for no man but Jesus. If intimacy was really… — Amy Rachel Peterson Copy Share Image
“Her gaze locked with his and she felt her heart quicken. Slowly, he bent his head until his lips were only a… — B.J. Daniels Copy Share Image
Romance only dies with life. No pair of pincers will ever pull it out of us. But there is a spurious sentiment… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
There is romance, the genuine glinting stuff, in typewriters, and not merely in their development from clumsy giants into agile dwarfs, but… — J. B. Priestley Copy Share Image
I do like the idea of the novel of repressed college students being a contemporary novel of courtship! I guess what I… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
“Breathing in the scent of his hair, I realized I'd needed him my whole life, before we even met. First, his music… — Jodi Meadows Copy Share Image
What I realized halfway through writing romance is that you start out intuitive, and you make all these choices mostly based on… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
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“Until I met you," she said, "I never realized how precious each day could be. When I was working, each day was… — Shūichi Yoshida Copy Share Image
“Romance novels feature nuanced portrayals of female characters having adventures, making choices, and accepting themselves just as they are. When we say… — Maya Rodale Copy Share Image
“That night, Jas wore the only dress she owned.It was made of soft,clingy fabric.The skirt was short, showing off her now tan… — Alison Hart Copy Share Image
“They were opposite in so many ways, but it was the kind of difference that was balancing-her softness with his steel, his… — Melissa Cutler Copy Share Image
“Their lips met with a tender and powerful force. At that point, they melted into each other and Seth felt a flush… — Kenneth Eade Copy Share Image
“You were so intent on what your purpose would be. I remember it nearly word for word." "Recite it for me then,… — Leigh Ann Edwards Copy Share Image
“But as Ana pulled away on a west-bound highway with a werewolf riding shotgun and her thirst for blood calling yet again,… — Ayul Hendricks-Levy Copy Share Image
A common civility to an impertinent fellow, often draws upon one a great many unforeseen troubles; and if one doth not take… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
“Let me touch you, Ivy. Let me have you...let me love you. This is madness, what is between us...a fire that cannot… — April Moran Copy Share Image
“Law looked dumbstruck, almost angry. He breathed, "Son of a bitch." And to Tom's surprise, Law got down on one knee and… — Jez Morrow Copy Share Image
“Ty grabbed my phone and threatened to tell Otter that I liked being spanked during sex. This proceeded to lead up on… — T.J. Klune Copy Share Image
“We're done? You don't want to ask me anything else?" "No." "Oh, darn, I enjoy this so much<" Vaughn said before walking away like he hadn't just ruined the interview. Bursting at the seams, Brie whipped around to another person in a suit. "Doesn't he know that was live? He can't do that! He ruins it every single time. I refuse to interview him anymore. He wasn't even wearing pants!” — Toni Aleo Copy Share Image
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What people don't realize is that intimacy has its conventions as well as ordinary social intercourse. There are three cardinal rules --… — W H Auden Copy Share Image
“You were on the other side of the world, but I often woke with the scent of you surrounding me. I ached… — Colleen Houck Copy Share Image
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“She hoped he could move on one day and find happiness. He had the luxury to try. She hoped he would succeed.… — Kiersten Fay Copy Share Image
“All of the things that were shown in early studies to be good for longevity—happy marriages, healthy bodies—are ours to have. We… — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
“ "Take your hair down," he croaked, his voice deep even to his own ears. She blinked, and reached up to pull… — Kristen Casey Copy Share Image
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