Love Quote by Tess Gerritsen

“He is afraid, as suddenly he knows that he was afraid all along, that if he felt her body so close to him he…

— Joan D. Vinge

“His face was tense, his jaw flexed as he stared at her. She could hardly stand to meet his eyes. They were an ocean…

— Aprilynne Pike

“‎When she looked up at him, it was suddenly easy for her to imagine that her fears were pointless. That he would love her…

— Nicholas Sparks

“but somehow, his seeing her afraid was an intimacy she could not bear.”

— Brit Bennett

“She had felt petrified when she saw him coming towards her, terrified that he might realise how much she loved him, how eagerly she…

— Paulo Coelho

“His blue eyes were watching her now; she saw in them the vulnerability, the invitation, the fear, as she sat down quietly, placed her…

— Elizabeth Strout

“... it was strange how afraid he was of her answer, even though he knew she desired him. Desire and love were two different…

— Emily Gee

“They stood together in a false intimacy, a nervous contact. And he was in love with her.”

— D.H. Lawrence

“Yeah, seeing her unsettled him, but it was her words that nearly took him apart. Because sometime after his heart started beating again, after…

— Susan May Warren

“Looking into his eyes was torture when all she ended up wanting was for him to hold her close and kiss her. She swallowed,…

— K.N. Lee

“She had the sudden feeling that if she could look into those eyes for the rest of her life, she would be happy. It…

— Patricia Briggs

“Never frightening her with anything but her own feelings for him.”

— Anne Mallory