Richelle Mead, Succubus Heat

How come when mortals want things, their only option is to make a deal with Hell and sell their soul? Why can’t they make deals with God in exchange for good behavior?"

It was another of those rare moments when I’d surprised Carter. I waited for the glib answer I’d mentioned to Seth, something along the lines of goodness being its own reward. The angel considered for several seconds. "Humans make those deals all the time," he said finally. "They just don’t make them with God."

"Then who are they making them with?" I exclaimed.

"Themselves.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Richelle Mead, Succubus Heat

Santosh Kalwar

The saddest line you scraped in your diary was not that you cried but those moments when we both shared smile.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Santosh Kalwar

Maggie Stiefvater, Shiver

Sam laughed, a funny, self-deprecating laugh. "You did read a lot. And spent too much time just inside the kitchen window, where I couldn't see you very well."

"And not enough time mostly naked in front of my bedroom window?" I teased.

Sam turned bright red. "That," he said, "is so not the point of this conversation.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Maggie Stiefvater, Shiver

Jill Shalvis, Instant Attraction

Who’s there?”
“The scratcher of your itch,” he said.
She opened the door a crack and stuck her nose out. “Was that supposed to be romantic?

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Jill Shalvis, Instant Attraction

Cassandra Clare, City of Fallen Angels

I love you, Clary," he said without looking at her. He was staring out into the church, at the row of lighted candles, their fold reflected in his eyes. "More than I ever--" He broke off. "God. More than I probably should. You know that, don't you?

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Cassandra Clare, City of Fallen Angels

Julia Quinn, The Viscount Who Loved Me

Anthony looked down at his evil clutches -- hands, he reminded himself, hands -- and grinned anew.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Julia Quinn, The Viscount Who Loved Me

Debra White Smith, First Impressions

You're so beautiful. I can't believe you're almost mine.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Debra White Smith, First Impressions

Lauren Kate, Passion

What if you find your soul mate... at the wrong time?

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Lauren Kate, Passion

Colleen Houck

I sighed softly and basked in the barrage of Ren's kisses- drowning kisses, soft kisses, sultry kisses, kisses that lasted a mere second, and kisses that lasted an eternity. It was easy to believe that my warrior-angel had captured me and had flown me up to heaven. A deep rumble echoed in his chest.
I pulled back, laughing. "Are you growling at me?"
He laughed softly, twisted my hair ribbon around his fingers, and pulled gently, loosening my braid. Biting my ear lightly, he whispered a threat, "You have been driving me crazy for three weeks. You're lucky all I'm doing is growling.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Colleen Houck

Billie-Jo Williams

Hurricanes couldn’t remove you from my mind. You’re my world and I’m incapable of not loving you.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Billie-Jo Williams

Gayle Forman, Where She Went

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.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Gayle Forman, Where She Went

Kate Chopin, The Awakening

There was a dull pang of regret because it was not the kiss of love which had inflamed her, because it was not love which had held this cup of life to her lips.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Kate Chopin, The Awakening

Rowena Cherry

Never ask a question if you don’t know the answer.
— Rhett

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Rowena Cherry

Laura Kinsale, The Prince of Midnight

Its been six weeks," he murmured. "Six weeks I've wanted you. I know how you move, and how the sunlight makes a shadow on the curve of your cheek, and the shape of your ear." He chucked harshly then turned his head on the pillow to look at her. "I'm dying," he said. He dropped his fist against his chest. "Right here, you're killing me.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Laura Kinsale, The Prince of Midnight

Suzanne Selfors, Coffeehouse Angel

Falling in love is not a rational process. It can't be planned or avoided. It happens--for good or bad it simply happens. - Katrina Svensen

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Suzanne Selfors, Coffeehouse Angel

Richelle Mead, Vampire Academy

But I couldn't help myself, couldn't help the way I felt as I recalled the bliss and rush of a vampire's bite.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Richelle Mead, Vampire Academy

Kim Harrison, The Outlaw Demon Wails

Maybe he thinks he can rescue me? No one is that stupid.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Kim Harrison, The Outlaw Demon Wails

Anne Stuart, The Devil's Waltz

He was sound asleep, his long legs stretched out in front of him, the blessed fire blazing, an empty bottle of wine by his side. He hadn't been shaved recently, and he looked rumpled, dissolute and beautiful. Like
a fallen angel. She moved to stand in front of him and pointed the pistol directly at his heart.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you," he murmured, and then he opened his extraordinary eyes. "It's always
unwise to shoot the man you're in love with.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Anne Stuart, The Devil's Waltz

Sherry Thomas, Not Quite a Husband

I had this daft idea to come and bury the past. Except the past is not quite dead.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Sherry Thomas, Not Quite a Husband

Gena Showalter, The Darkest Secret

Hate. Huh. He'd never hated himself. If anything, he'd always liked himself a little too much. Once, a human female had even accused him of picturing his own face while he climaxed. He hadn't denied it, either, and next time he'd slept with her, he'd made sure to scream, "Strider" at the pivotal moment."
--Strider, keeper of the demon of Defeat--

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Gena Showalter, The Darkest Secret

H.L. Mencken

No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by H.L. Mencken

Debra Cox

I've tried that love thing for the last time. My heart says no, no! Nobody's supposed to be here, but you came along and changed my mind

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Debra Cox

William Goldman

I’m going to tell you something once and then whether you die is strictly up to you," Westley said, lying pleasantly on the bed. "What I’m going to tell you is this: drop your sword, and if you do, then I will leave with this baggage here"—he glanced at Buttercup—"and you will be tied up but not fatally, and will be free to go about your business. And if you choose to fight, well, then, we will not both leave alive."

You are only alive now because you said 'to the pain.' I want that phrase explained."

My pleasure. To the pain means this: if we duel and you win, death for me. If we duel and I win, life for you. But life on my terms. The first thing you lose will be your feet. Below the ankle. You will have stumps available to use within six months. Then your hands, at the wrists. They heal somewhat quicker. Five months is a fair average. Next your nose. No smell of dawn for you. Followed by your tongue. Deeply cut away. Not even a stump left. And then your left eye—"

And then my right eye, and then my ears, and shall we get on with it?" the Prince said.

Wrong!" Westley’s voice rang across the room. "Your ears you keep, so that every shriek of every child shall be yours to cherish—every babe that weeps in fear at your approach, every woman that cries 'Dear God, what is that thing?' will reverberate forever with your perfect ears. That is what 'to the pain' means. It means that I leave you in anguish, in humiliation, in freakish misery until you can stand it no more; so there you have it, pig, there you know, you miserable vomitous mass, and I say this now, and live or die, it’s up to you: Drop your sword!"

The sword crashed to the floor.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by William Goldman

Nicholas Sparks, The Wedding

But love, I’ve come to understand, is more than three words mumbled before bedtime. Love is sustained by action, a pattern of devotion in the things we do for each other every day.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Nicholas Sparks, The Wedding

Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

I bare my soul and you are suspicious! No, Scarlett, this is a bona fide honorable declaration. I admit that it's not in the best of taste, coming at this time, but I have a very good excuse for my lack of breeding. I'm going away tomorrow for a long time and I fear that if I wait till I return you'll have married some one else with a little money. So I thought, why not me and my money? Really, Scarlett, I can't go all my life waiting to catch you between husbands.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

Janet Evanovich

Babe," Ranger said. "You're looking a little strung out. Is there anything I should know?"
I'm on a sugar withdrawal. I've given up desert and it's all I can think about." That had been true five minutes ago. Now that Ranger was standng in front of me I was thinking a cupcake wasn't what I actually needed.
Maybe I can help you get your mind off doughnuts," Ranger said.
My mouth dropped open, and I think some drool might have dribbled out.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Janet Evanovich

Wayne W. Dyer

In any relationship in which two people become one, the end result is two half people.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Wayne W. Dyer

Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

I feel good with my husband: I like his warmth and his bigness and his being-there and his making and his jokes and stories and what he reads and how he likes fishing and walks and pigs and foxes and little animals and is honest and not vain or fame-crazy and how he shows his gladness for what I cook him and joy for when I make him something, a poem or a cake, and how he is troubled when I am unhappy and wants to do anything so I can fight out my soul-battles and grow up with courage and a philosophical ease. I love his good smell and his body that fits with mine as if they were made in the same body-shop to do just that. What is only pieces, doled out here and there to this boy and that boy, that made me like pieces of them, is all jammed together in my husband. So I don't want to look around any more: I don't need to look around for anything.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

Jodi Picoult

She puts her hands on either side of my face, and the room falls away. I have never gotten so lost in a kiss before.
And then, the space between us explodes. My heart keeps missing beats and my hands cannot bring her close enough to me. I taste her and realize I have been starving.
I have loved before, but it didn't feel like this.
I have kissed before, but it didn't burn me alive.
Maybe it lasts a minute, and maybe it's an hour. All I know is that kiss, and how soft her skin is when it brushes against mine, and that even if I did not know it until now, I have been waiting for this person forever.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Jodi Picoult

Charlotte Featherstone, Sinful

His hands may have been the one to heal you, but it will be mine that awaken you.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Charlotte Featherstone, Sinful

Lisa Kleypas, Mine Till Midnight

Cam held her closer. "Marry me, Amelia. You're what I want. You're my fate." One hand slid to the back of her head, gripping the braids and ribbons to keep her mouth upturned. "Say yes." He nibbled at her lips, licked at them, opened them. He kissed her until she
writhed in his arms, her pulse racing. "Say it, Amelia, and save me from ever having to spend a night with another woman. I'll sleep indoors. I'll get a haircut. God help me, I think I'd even carry a pocket watch if it pleased you.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Lisa Kleypas, Mine Till Midnight

Tara Janzen, Crazy Love

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.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Tara Janzen, Crazy Love

Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker

But do we know how to make love stay?'
I can't even think about it. The best I can do is play it day by day.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker

Kathy Love, Wanting Something More

And I know that when you get hurt, your first instinct is to run. But I also realized something else. No one has ever followed you when you did run. But I'm going to follow, and I'm going to keep following until you realize that you can trust me. I'm not going to let you run away from something that could be so great. That is so great. Marty, I love you.
- Nate

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Kathy Love, Wanting Something More

Claudia Gray, Evernight

People get stupid when they're in love; people want what they can't have; and the years between ages twelve and eighteen always, always suck.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Claudia Gray, Evernight

Nick Hornby

Sometimes you know you've got a chance with a girl because she wants to fight with you. If the world wasn't so messed up, it wouldn't be like that. If the world was normal, a girl being nice to you would be a good sign, but in the real world, it isn't.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Nick Hornby

Lisa Kleypas, A Wallflower Christmas

The letter had been crumpled up and tossed onto the grate. It had burned all around the edges, so the names at the top and bottom had gone up in smoke. But there was enough of the bold black scrawl to reveal that it had indeed been a love letter. And as Hannah read the singed and half-destroyed parchment, she was forced to turn away to hide the trembling of her hand.

—should warn you that this letter will not be eloquent. However, it will be sincere, especially in light of the fact that you will never read it. I have felt these words like a weight in my chest, until I find myself amazed that a heart can go on beating under such a burden.

I love you. I love you desperately, violently, tenderly, completely. I want you in ways that I know you would find shocking. My love, you don't belong with a man like me. In the past I've done things you wouldn't approve of, and I've done them ten times over. I have led a life of immoderate sin. As it turns out, I'm just as immoderate in love. Worse, in fact.

I want to kiss every soft place of you, make you blush and faint, pleasure you until you weep, and dry every tear with my lips. If you only knew how I crave the taste of you. I want to take you in my hands and mouth and feast on you. I want to drink wine and honey from you.

I want you under me. On your back.

I'm sorry. You deserve more respect than that. But I can't stop thinking of it. Your arms and legs around me. Your mouth, open for my kisses. I need too much of you. A lifetime of nights spent between your thighs wouldn't be enough.

I want to talk with you forever. I remember every word you've ever said to me.

If only I could visit you as a foreigner goes into a new country, learn the language of you, wander past all borders into every private and secret place, I would stay forever. I would become a citizen of you.

You would say it's too soon to feel this way. You would ask how I could be so certain. But some things can't be measured by time. Ask me an hour from now. Ask me a month from now. A year, ten years, a lifetime. The way I love you will outlast every calendar, clock, and every toll of every bell that will ever be cast. If only you—

And there it stopped.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Lisa Kleypas, A Wallflower Christmas

Michelle Hodkin, The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

You're supposed to say, 'All I want is your happiness. I'll do whatever it takes, even if it means being without you.'"
"Sorry," Noah said. "I'm just not that big of a person.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Michelle Hodkin, The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

Chrétien de Troyes

Through their kisses and caresses they experienced a joy and wonder the equal of which has never been known or heard of. But I shall be silent...; for the rarest and most delectable pleasures are those which are hinted at, but never told.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Chrétien de Troyes

Colleen Houck, Tiger's Curse

Now turn around and go to sleep. I'm warning you that I plan to sleep with you in my arms all night long.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Colleen Houck, Tiger's Curse

Ai Yazawa, Paradise Kiss, Volume 4

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

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Ai Yazawa, Paradise Kiss, Volume 4

Tim McGraw

because being with you makes perfect sense

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Tim McGraw

Janet Evanovich, To the Nines

Excuse me?" I said, palms down on the Formica tabletop. "Coffee? I thought we came here for pie." "I don't eat the kind of pie they serve here." I felt a flash of heat go through my stomach. I knew firsthand the kind of pie Ranger liked.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Janet Evanovich, To the Nines

Alexandra Potter, Do You Come Here Often?

...when you decide you want to be with someone forever, you want forever to start right now.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Alexandra Potter, Do You Come Here Often?

HelenKay Dimon, Leave Me Breathless

I'm doing what I've always done. Loving you and hoping you'll be brave enough to love me back.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by HelenKay Dimon, Leave Me Breathless

Colleen Houck, Tiger's Quest

You didn’t think I’d let you go alone, did you?”
“No, but I’m grateful that I had you with me.”
“Grateful is all I’m going to get, isn’t it?”
“What else were you hoping for?”
“Adoration, devotion, affection, infatuation, or just plain finding me irresistible.”
“Sorry, Don Juan. You’ll have to live with my undying gratitude.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Colleen Houck, Tiger's Quest

Julia Quinn, It's in His Kiss

Miss Bridgerton,” he said, “the devil himself couldn’t scare you.”
She forced her eyes to meet his. “That’s not a compliment, is it?”
He lifted her hand to his lips, brushing a feather-light kiss across her knuckles. “You’ll have to figure that out for yourself,” he murmured.
To all who observed, he was the soul of propriety, but Hyacinth caught the daring gleam in his eye, and she felt the breath leave her body as tingles of electricity rushed across her skin. Her lips parted, but she had nothing to say, not a single word. There was nothing but air, and even that seemed in short supply.
And then he straightened as if nothing had happened and said, “Do let me know what you decide.”
She just stared at him.
“About the compliment,” he added. “I am sure you will wish to let me know how I feel about you.”
Her mouth fell open.
He smiled. Broadly. “Speechless, even. I’m to be commended.”
“You—”
“No. No,” he said, lifting one hand in the air and pointing toward her as if what he really wanted to do was place his finger on her lips and shush her. “Don’t ruin it. The moment is too rare.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by Julia Quinn, It's in His Kiss

E.L. James, Fifty Shades Darker

You wanted hearts and flowers,” he murmurs.
I blink at him, not quite believing what I’m seeing.
“You have my heart.” And he waves toward the room.
“And here are the flowers,” I whisper, completing his sentence. “Christian, it’s lovely.

Romantic Quotes And Sayings by E.L. James, Fifty Shades Darker