“Women crave the chemical rush that comes from suspicion and indignation. If you don’t provide it, they’ll happily get it from tabloids,… — Rollo Tomassi Copy Share Image
My novels are in the literature section as opposed to the romance section of bookstores because they're not romance novels. If I… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
“Sam. I've got news for you. Not every childhood trauma can be healed by finding the right penis." Sam looked devastated. He… — Anne Tenino Copy Share Image
I still read romance, and I read suspense. I read them both. And part of it is, I like stories with strong… — Lisa Gardner Copy Share Image
Romance novels are birthday cake and life is often peanut butter and jelly. I think everyone should have lots of delicious romance… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I always read horror books, while my sister read romance novels. My sister became unmarried and pregnant… — Dorothy Allison 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
“There is a social contract between the readers/buyers of romance novels and the novelists who write them. It's this: the girl ends… — Allison Copy Share Image
“In their book Warrior Lovers , an analysis of erotic fiction by women, the psychologist Catherine Salmon and the anthropologist Donald Symons… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“The happily ever after depends on what you put into it. The hard work, the listening instead of talking, the laughing instead… — K. Bromberg Copy Share Image
“Close your mouth Lily, you look like a codfish." "I can't help it. This place looks like something out of medieval times.… — Marianne Morea Copy Share Image
I love you. And not in a friendly way, although I think we're great friends. Very simple, very truly. You're the epitome… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You worship the king of Pop. Your soul is ignited by the New Age of Enya, Enigma and Era." She smiled weakly… — S. A. David Copy Share Image
“I continued past the door of the Pink Room to look round her door. She was propped on her pillows with The… — Danielle Hawkins Copy Share Image
Somehow, women's romance novels are not titled He Stopped When I Said "No". They are, though, titled Sweet Savage Love, in which… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
“Neither would you, had you grown up in a library of melodramatic romance novels.” — Clementine Holzinger Copy Share Image
I loved him, but love isn't enough. All the fairy tales, the romance novels, the soap operas; they're all lies. Love does… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“I could do things to your body that most women only dream about while reading their dirty romance novels, and I promise… — Michelle A. Valentine Copy Share Image
What do you do when Mom leaves you alone like this? (Kat) I write romance novels. (Acheron) — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
If everybody lived as I do, surely the writing of romance novels would never have come into being. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I always read horror books, while my sister read romance novels. — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
“We play and tease, but―darn it―he has not dragged me into the rain and kissed me senseless yet. And that's how it's… — Shari L. Tapscott 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
“Also… the first time doesn’t hurt. Not the way the romance novels from Creag Morden claim it does, anyway.” “What?” As heat… — Vivienne Savage Copy Share Image
One of the less vaunted joys of Austen is that she is one of the greatest writers in the English language who… — Alessandra Stanley Copy Share Image
“You call spouting off lines from erotica as working hard? Please, I eat romance novels for breakfast, you’re no different from the… — Karina Halle Copy Share Image
I didn't know anything about romance novels until a friend suggested that I try writing one. After I read a few, I… — Ruth Glick Copy Share Image
“She loved romance novels—granted some of the titles were hokey, but that didn’t affect the quality of the story inside—and it irritated… — Lori Wilde Copy Share Image
“Sometimes things don't work out the way we want them to. Life was full of truths that don't play out in romance… — Lisa De Jong Copy Share Image
“I'm not going to force you into anything you don't want. But I'm also not going to take a vow of chastity… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
When I first thought of the idea for 'Sweet Valley High,' I loved the idea of high school as microcosm of the… — Francine Pascal Copy Share Image
Obviously, there are those in the industry who don't give romance novels the level of respect the sales would warrant. They'll talk… — Sylvia Day Copy Share Image
Dear Mia, What can I say? I don't know all that much about romance novels, but I think you must be the… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
“Jared turned and Raisa caught her breath. She'd spent the whole of her natural and unnatural life longing for someone to want… — Sarah McCarty Copy Share Image
Love is rather impotent and pitiful: My father must have told me a million times how much he loved me, but that… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
“She was tipping her head back to inquire, when two men entered the great hall and the question flew right out of… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
“At the same time that I was marketing myself as a sexual product, in accordance with my instruction by women’s magazines, romance… — Emily Nagoski Copy Share Image
“This is better than a romance novel." P.J. said with a wistful sigh. "You read that stuff?" Cole demanded. "Why the hell… — Maya Banks Copy Share Image
“Teenage Turn-Ons As played by Robert Pattinson in the Twilight Saga movies, Edward has a certain physical sex appeal thanks in part… — Laura L. Enright Copy Share Image
“Love hurts. Think back over romance novels you’ve loved or the genre-defining books that drive our industry. The most unforgettable stories and… — Damon Suede Copy Share Image
