Anyone who has read Yeats's wonderful Autobiography will remember his Sligo shabby, shadowed, half country and half sea, full of confused romance,… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
“He stalked up behind her to clench her hips, and she stilled. In a breathy voice, she asked, "You're going to make… — Kresley Cole Copy Share Image
“Meantime, other “feminist bibles”had appeared, Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex being the best. Which brings me to something no one believes.… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
“She held his stare, waiting for a clue to his intentions—a smile, a nod, even a frown. But he just looked straight… — Maggie LaCroix Copy Share Image
“When you kissed me…I felt special. I never really felt like I deserved it. That isn’t your fault. That was me. When… — Virginia Nelson Copy Share Image
“There are very few, very fuckin' few people, Kia, who get what's precious in this world. They work their asses off for… — Kristen Ashley Copy Share Image
“(Nicholas)"Am I dead?" An odd question, but then she rememberd her mourning attire. "No sir, you are not." He relaxed a moment,… — Donna MacMeans Copy Share Image
“On romance books: We might assume then that men, major consumers of thrillers, westerns, and detective fiction, enjoy being beaten up, tortured,… — Daphne Clair Copy Share Image
“No, this, she felt, was real life and if she wasn’t as curious or passionate as she had once been, that was… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
I’m loving doing Outlander. We’ve got a great cast and we’re up in the Scottish Highlands. […] It’s big budget, they’re spending… — Graham McTavish Copy Share Image
Why should I tell you?" he asked, with no small amount of petulance. "If you tell me, I will leave you alone,"… — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
“I am happy with you." It was only a half-lie. In truth, being with him made me happier than anything. But it… — Alicia Kobishop Copy Share Image
“The search for the soul mate, the perfect partner to complete you, is a bit like searching for the perfect food when… — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
“What would you do if someone breaks your heart and just when you are set to lose yourself in that abyss of… — Atul Randev Copy Share Image
The most important thing for me when I wrote [Origins] was that at the end even if Morrigan loved the player, she… — David Gaider Copy Share Image
“Intimacy cannot be expressed discursively. The swelling to the bursting point, the malice that breaks out with clenched teeth and weeps; the… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
“She was a little thing, too, inciting that basic compulsion in him as a man to protect her in so hectic a… — V.S. Carnes Copy Share Image
“He'd been crazy about her for more years than he cared to admit. Unfortunately, he knew nothing would ever come of it,… — Michael McBride Copy Share Image
“Abominations. He did not say the last word aloud, but she felt something like pain echo through him, pity. “You sound like… — D. M. Alexandra Copy Share Image
“So why hadn’t he confronted me? Why hadn’t he torn through my lies and forced me to own up that I’d caught… — Sam Dogra Copy Share Image
Romance readers love a wealthy hero, and why not? There's value in a man able to hire a helicopter, a coach and… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
“This was maybe the first time she’d done it when she’d felt the true intimacy of it. The first time she’d done… — Toni Blake Copy Share Image
“A kiss, then Brady said, “Hey, sweetheart.” As he pulled away, I turned, grinning ear to ear. “Hey, Brady—” I halted when… — Katey Hawthorne Copy Share Image
The romance is essential. I love the love. I don't love just people struggling. I love what people are struggling for. That… — David O. Russell Copy Share Image
Sexual behavior in our species goes through three characteristic phases: pair formation, precopulatory activity, and copulation, usually but not always in that… — Desmond Morris Copy Share Image
“We walk into each other and discover that there's something about our edges that fit. Her points fit into my cracks and… — John David California Copy Share Image
“Huh! Mankind always comes up with ideas to make up for the follies of the status quo. But what happens if those… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
“His eyes were dark. “Brooke.” She knew what he was asking. “Yes.” Immediately, Cade took her hand and led her – quite… — Julie James Copy Share Image
“I hope that someday, somebody wants to hold you for twenty minutes straight, and that’s all they do. They don’t pull away.… — Adrienne Shelly Copy Share Image
“Savannah’s breath caught in her chest at the realization of how close they were standing. He brushed a strand of hair off… — Michelle Madow Copy Share Image
I don't have this fantasy about marriage anymore. Everyone says it takes hard work. Well, it kind of does -- and I'm… — Jennifer Garner Copy Share Image
“She could hear the voice of her childhood, could see a younger version of herself plucking petals off a flower. He loves… — L.A. Kuehlke Copy Share Image
“ Out running errands—be back before noon. I made a list of some things I like. Check the ones you're interested in,… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“To be well married you have to a penchant for the intricacies of intimacy and larval change..If the personality is a spider's… — Hanif Kureishi Copy Share Image
“How many more times would I have embraced him that night, how many more times would I have kissed him, if I… — Patricia Nell Warren Copy Share Image
“She had to lift both hands to illustrate what she meant, but he just let her carry his hand with her, not… — Laura Florand Copy Share Image
“Alicia Pevensey said to Anthony Blake: "I love you. Not because you'll protect me and our family, not because you're wealthy, or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Kitty's always saying how origin stories are important. At college, when people ask us how we met, how will we answer them?… — Jenny Han Copy Share Image
“Do I seem one who will not defend myself? You are her father, so I will make myself clear. Any who seek… — Danielle Monsch Copy Share Image
“Love's a strong word and I haven't yet found a man who's willing to put me first in his life. I'm not… — Grace Kagni Copy Share Image