Crush Quote by Thomas Hardy

“A surge of emotion washed over him, took him under. He was helpless against it, flailing, gasping for air. Drowning in her.”

— Hanna Martine

“And in her reverence of his skin, he felt that shame wither and curl, like paper on a flame, and float upward, disintegrating into…

— Amy Harmon

“She raised her face to the canopy and took a deep breath, as if trying to hold on to her temper. He wondered if…

— Nalini Singh

“He fathomed her, enclosed her. He did not see, or did not care to see, how her submissiveness moved and drew him, nor how…

— Sylvia Plath

“when she was finally done, she was close to tears and she hated herself more. Dragging oxygen into her sob-clogged throat, she turned to…

— Marian Tee

“She was swaying slightly from side to side, and he could see her shoulders rise and fall with each shuddering breath. He knew that…

— Julia Quinn

“She stood in the storm, & when the wind did not blow her away, she adjusted her sails.”

— Elizabeth Edwards

“She was more of a business partner to him than anything else. Some of her appreciated that. But rustling yet within her was another…

— Robert James Waller

“This was her last chance to protect herself, her heart. She didn’t take it. With a shiver, she released all the tension in her…

— Jess Michaels

“She said little in answer to the strenuous Pressures with which at last he ventur’d to enfold her, but not thinking it Decent, for…

— Eliza Haywood

“So close to the powers of evil she must have lived that she still breathed more freely in their air.”

— Edith Wharton

“Her breath support pittered away to nothing, her face warmed, and something inside her broke free, all because his touch awakened the sense that…

— Pepper D. Basham