All Quotes By Tag: Romance

“My heart had been touched by him, battered by him, cradled by him as the days passed. He was cruel without meaning to be yet he was kind, and I needed him too much to let myself want him”

“I don’t function without a heart, he said angrily and thenadded under his breath as he grabbed at the front of his Tshirt,He’s right here.”

“Returning my voice to a conversational level, I called back, “Nora, I’m notattempting to embarrass you or single you out. I know you’re capable. But stay behind Chas, okay? You die, you d i e permanently, and for various reasons that we’ve already gotten angsty about together, I don’t want that to happen.”“Okay, okay,” she sighed.“Angsty?” Chas asked. “Ooh! Later, details!”“Yes, later.” With that, I waved the team forward.”

“Life sure is easier when you’re rich.””And a natural born charmer. Don’t forget that part.””How could I?” she retorted. “It’s the only thing we have in common.”

“. . . if you can’t see the good man he is, you need to unscrew them eyeballs of yours and try on a different pair.”

“I know the rules. I’ve been living here longer than you have.”He cracks a smile then. He nudges me back. “Hardly.””Born and raised. You’re a transplant.” I nudge him again, a little harder, and he laughs and tries to catch hold of my arm. I squirm away, giggling, and he stretches out to tickle my stomach. “Country bumpkin!” I squeal, as he grabs out and wrestles me back onto the blanket, laughing.”City slicker,” he says, rolling over on top of me, and then kisses me. Everything dissolves: heat, explosions of color, floating.”

“Romance is the sweetening of the soulWith fragrance offered by the stricken heart.”

“When you can’t reach the standards of another’s heart you must ask yourself, “What value do I put on my soul that I would subject myself to such rejection?”

“You picked the wrong girl to dominate, Dracula.”

“I sit in my treeI sing like the birdsMy beak is my penMy songs are my poems.”

“Even if you fall on the runway, I wouldn’t blame you. It would mean that we made a mistake in choosing you.”

“Listen, I know everything you’re saying is true. Ellie does need a good man. She needs someone steady. Someone who can offer her a life full of love and security.Unfortunately, she wants me.- Mason”

“I force my eyes upward and look at Mia for the first time. She’s still beautiful. Not in an obvious Vanessa LeGrande or Bryn Shraeder kind of way. In a quiet way that’s always been devastating to me. Her hair, long and dark, is down now, swimming damply against her bare shoulders, which are still milky white and covered with the constellation of freckles that I used to kiss. The scar on her left shoulder, the one that used to be an angry red weld is silvery pink now. Almost like the latest rage in tattoo accessories. Almost pretty.”

“He wanted to paddle her himself, then shake her, then sit her down in a chair and explain to her why she must never, ever get herself in a situation where she could be shot at again—and then throw himself at her feet.”

“Maybe I was in love with the idea of love.”