Heartbreak Quote by Sarah J. Maas

“He wanted her scent invading his home, his sheets, his bed.”

— Savannah Stuart

“He went to stand next to the bed and even though the room was unlit, he could make out, faintly, her slight form beneath…

— Elizabeth Hoyt

“He could have told her that he had no intention of bedding her, but he tried not to lie. Not even to himself.”

— Patricia Briggs

“As it was, she never wanted to leave her bed because it meant seeing him when she fell asleep.”

— Kelly Moran

“She could've slept then. She wanted to. Sleep was blind, it was deaf, and it would take her away from this room and these…

— Marie Rutkoski

“Some nights he would even forget she wasn’t there. He’d awaken and roll over on his side to draw her near. Instead of her…

— Heather Burch

“He had slept next to her for thirty-six years, and the mattress felt different without her weight, however slight, and without the rhythm of…

— Nicole Krauss

“In the morning, she was not sure that she had slept as much as lived a set of vivid dreams, letting them linger so…

— Colm Tóibín

“as if he were trying to escape the smell of her words as if the air from her talking came into his mouth and…

— Michael Ondaatje

“And the king could find no sleep. Not then, not now, and still he waits to this day in a shell of spent flesh...…

— C.M. Hayden

“As he floated more and more deeply toward sleep, the scent of her body and hair was redolent throught his senses, until he was…

— Frank Lee Raw Honey

“And of course there was the loss of women, some of whom he still woke up aching for. He'd study their remnants alone at…

— Jonathan Goldstein