Quote by Tahereh Mafi

“I want to feel the creases in his skin, connect his freckles with invisible lines, brush my fingers across the inside of his wrists.”

— Stephanie Perkins

“I want to learn his body, find every pleasure it’s hiding. All this reverence and simple awe I feel when I touch him, feel…

— Aleksandr Voinov

“Then he shifts a little and points to a page in an open book before us. “There,” he says. “River. That’s one of the…

— Ally Condie

“He lifts one of my hands and raises it to his cheek, a gesture so tender and unexpected that my breath catches in my…

— Lauren Henderson

“He rubs his hand through his thick, dark hair and I am riveted by the cords of rippling muscles that intertwine and gallop down…

— Jennifer Martucci

“I want to draw you a floorplan of my head and heart. I want to give directions, helpful hints. What you'll be looking for.”

— Sara Quin

“He bent his head, bringing his lips near her ear. “Talk of the future confuses you, I know. But I think about it all…

— Maggie Osborne

“Even now her body yearned to be closer to him. She wanted to press her nose into his skin and inhale hungrily—he always smelled…

— Sherry Thomas

“His touch trails fire along my skin. I arch against him and our mouths meet in a fusion of desire”

— Roni O'Connell

“I want so desperately to bridge the gap between our bodies. I want to press my lips to every part of him and I…

— Tahereh Mafi

“And, suddenly, I want to touch him. Not a push, or a shove, or even a friendly hug. I want to feel the creases…

— Stephanie Perkins

“The river asked me who I was to be gazing so longingly into her curving body of cascading dreams and shifting beauty.”

— Todd Crawshaw