All Quotes By Tag: Romance

“He wants a fifteen thousand pound settlement.””Fifteen thousand!””He says you’re a great deal of trouble.”She hesitated for one startled moment before choking back a laugh.”I am.””I thought so.” He leveled Drew a look. “If I pay you the fifteen thousand, do you swear to keep her?”Drew reared back his head. “Forever?”Her father scowled. “Forever.””Oh, I suppose.” He gave a long-suffering sigh. “If I must.”She bit the insides of her cheeks to keep from laughing outright.”

“Sometimes there’s no cure for the crazy.” Dale sighed, stroking my hair. “I think we all just have to keep loving through it. Maybe that’s the cure.”

“How about we give each other everything we can and not blame each other for what we can’t.”

“The thing I am most afraid of is love. When you say you love someone you are giving them license to hurt you.”

“Maybe illusion and artifice—lies, even—are a necessary part of romance.”

“She hated Mr. Meanie. But she’d gotten to know him and they’d reached an understanding of sorts. Now she was to have him for supper.”Don’t tell me you’re feeling guilty?”Breaking off a piece of the wing, she brought it to her lips and took a bite. It did taste good. Very good.”I wonder if all grouchy males are this palatable.”Drew choked.She looked up, tilting her head. “Are you all right?”He turned a dull red. “Eat your supper, Connie.”

“There are very few, very fuckin’ few people, Kia, who get what’s precious in this world. They work their asses off for pure shit and think they’d fight and die to keep it. You don’t fight and die for shit. You fight and die for things that matter. You are the first woman I’ve met outside a life that leads you to understand that shit who gets that. And straight up, baby, you gotta know, I like that a fuckuva lot.”

“Am I your dom, little rabbit?”“Yes.” Her red-brown brows drew together. “What’s wrong?”“Not a thing.” He gave her a faint smile, and his gravelly voice deepened. “I thought I’d tell you we’re getting married next month.”~Nolan and Beth~”

“Looking at him, she saw her future and felt all the ragged tears in her heart heal themselves. “I fit,” she whispered in marvel, stepping into him. “I fit with you.”He nodded and wrapped his arms around her. “Perfectly”

“You are going, Jane?””I am going, sir.””You are leaving me?””Yes.””You will not come? You will not be my comforter, my rescuer? My deep love, my wild woe, my frantic prayer, are all nothing to you?”What unutterable pathos was in his voice! How hard was it to reiterate firmly, “I am going!””Jane!””Mr. Rochester.””Withdraw then, I consent; but remember, you leave me here in anguish. Go up to your own room, think over all I have said, and, Jane, cast a glance on my sufferings; think of me.”He turned away, he threw himself on his face on the sofa. “Oh, Jane! my hope, my love, my life!” broke in anguish from his lips. Then came a deep, strong sob.”

“Smile. it’s the second best thing you can do with your lips.”

“Do whatever you must, Karigan,” he told her, his voice so quiet it would not carry, “to come back. You must come back. To me.” ~King Zachary”

“What McKenna possessed was far more beguiling than mere physical beauty. She possessed a kindness, a generosity of spirit. Offering him the most dangerous thing of all – hope.”

“Three Denises wobbled in front of her, all of them watching her with fond concern. “You’re a sweetie. I appreciate you cheering me on from the sidelines. But I think I need to go to the bathroom now and throw up.”

“Far from a normal-functioning relationship, but normal has never been our thing.”