Romance Quotes - Page 21

• 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.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Love, Life, Marriage

  FaceBook post by Nicholas Sparks from Apr 02, 2013

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• Roarke, what's going on here?' 'Lieutenant.' He leaned forward, touched his lips to hers. 'Indications are we're having a romance.

  Nora Roberts

  Lips, Touched, Lieutenants

  J. D. Robb, Nora Roberts (2011). “J. D. Robb In Death Collection”, p.121, Penguin

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• Childhood romances always seem so real, so enduring, when we are separated from the object of our affection. But usually, when we return, we find that our dreams and memories quiet surpassed reality. -Lady Anne, Whitney's aunt

  Judith McNaught

  Dream, Memories, Real

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• His heart's occupied elsewhere," said Ben from behind me. "And even if it weren't he's not interested in your kind. But, I'm available and ready." "You don't have a heart," I told him.” Just a gaping hole where it should have been. " "All the more reason for you to give me yours. " I pounded my forehead against Warren 's back. "Tell me Ben's not flirting with me. " "Hey," said Ben sounding hurt. "I was talking cannibalism, not romance.

  Patricia Briggs

  Hurt, Heart, Flirting

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• There is no beauty or romance or mystery in the sea except for the men that sail abroad upon it, and those who stay at home and dream of them.

  Lord Dunsany

  Dream, Home, Men

  Lord Dunsany (2008). “Dreams Assembled: the Collected Early Dreams of Lord Dunsany”, p.336, Lulu.com

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• It is impossible to manufacture or imitate love.

  J. K. Rowling

  Impossible

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• And your life,' Katie said to Christy, 'is turning into a rather predictable romance. Girl meets boy. Boy is a dork for four years. Girl blossoms into a gorgeous woman. Boy finds his brain. Girl turns into starry-eyed mush head.

  Robin Jones Gunn

  Girl, Boys, Years

  Robin Jones Gunn (1996). “In Your Dreams”, Focus on the Family Pub

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• Everyone knows ladies love Cajuns. It's in our blood and our language is the language of romance." "Your language is the language of bullshit. You're just a couple of good ole boys with pretty faces. Women just ought to know better.

  Christine Feehan

  Couple, Boys, Blood

  Christine Feehan (2005). “Night Game”, p.67, Penguin

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• He looked as if he'd stepped straight off the cover of one of those romance novels she ordered from Amazon.com so she didn't have to be embarassed by some supercilious male clerk in the bookstore.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Clerks, Males, Amazon

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• A lover exists only in fragments, a dozen or so if the romance is new, a thousand if we're married to him, and out of those fragments our heart constructs an entire person. What we each create, since whatever is missing is filled by our imagination, is the person we wish him to be. The less we know him, of course, the more we love him. And that's why we always remember that first rapturous night when he was a stranger, and why this rapture returns only when he's dead.

  Andrew Sean Greer

  Heart, Night, Imagination

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• I've been in love with you since the very beginning. You asked why there isn't anyone else in my life, and the reason... is you" - J.D.

  Julie James

  Love You, Reason, Been In Love

  Julie James (2009). “Practice Makes Perfect”, p.237, Penguin

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• Sierra felt full of hope and confidence in God. She knew who she was. And she knew Whose she was. Whatever mysterious plan God had for her life, it would be an interesting one. As Christy had said earlier, God writes a different story for each person. Sierra decided hers might not be a bestseller or even a thriller. It certainly wasn't a romance. But it was turning into a fine mystery. And she could live with that.

  Robin Jones Gunn

  Writing, Interesting, Different

  Robin Jones Gunn (1997). “With this Ring”, Focus on the Family Pub

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• Night can swallow you up, yet none of it touches you. Around any corner, there's a promise of something daring and ideal and things are just getting going. There's something obscenely joyful behind every door, either that or somebody crying with their head in in their hands. A lazy rhythm looms in the dreamy air and the atmosphere pulsates with bygone duels, past-life romance, comrades requesting comrades to aid them in some way. You can't see it, but you know it's there

  Bob Dylan

  Past, Night, Air

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• Modern romance, like Greek tragedy, celebrates the mystery of dismemberment, which is life in time. The happy ending is justly scorned as a misrepresentation; for the world, as we know it, as we have seen it, yields but one ending: death, disintegration, dismemberment, and the crucifixion of our heart with the passing of the forms that we have loved.

  Joseph Campbell

  Inspirational, Heart, Yield

  Joseph Campbell (2008). “The Hero with a Thousand Faces”, p.19, New World Library

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• I want to see you again." He stopped, took her face in his hands. "I need to see you again." Her pulse jumped, as if it had nothing to do with the rest of her. "Roarke, what's going on here?" "Lieutenant." He leaned forward, touched his lips to hers. "indications are we're having a romance.

  Nora Roberts

  Hands, Pulse, Needs

  "Naked in Death". Book by Nora Roberts, 1995.

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• I'll take you to Mickey D's," said Sean. "I'll buy you a hamburger." Annie was not thrilled. Sean's offer did not compare to offers made in other centuries. "And fries," Sean said. "And a vanilla milkshake." Annie remained unthrilled. "Okay, okay. You can have a Big Mac." Romance in my century, she thought, is pitiful.

  Caroline B. Cooney

  Hamburgers, Vanilla, Annie

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• I want to be with you forever and beyond.

  Gail Carson Levine

  Forever, Want, Want To Be With You

  "Ella Enchanted". Book by Gail Carson Levine, 1997.

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• Roses! I swear you men have all your romance from the same worn book. Flowers are a good thing, a sweet thing to give a lady. But it is always roses, always red, and always perfect hothouse blooms when they can come by them.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Sweet, Flower, Book

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• Embrace relational uncertainty. It's called romance. Embrace spiritual uncertainty. It's called mystery. Embrace occupational uncertainty. It's called destiny. Embrace emotional uncertainty. It's called joy. Embrace intellectual uncertainty. It's called revelation.

  Mark Batterson

  Spiritual, Destiny, Emotional

  Mark Batterson (2008). “In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day: How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars”, p.93, Multnomah

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• We are not long-term beings. Not heroes of romances in many volumes. For one gesture, for one word alone, we shall make the effort. We openly admit: our creations will be temporary. We shall have this as our aim: a gesture.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Hero, Long, Effort

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• It's the Snickers bars. Snickers equal romance.

  Lisa Scottoline

  Bars, Snickers, Equal

  Lisa Scottoline (2010). “Look Again”, p.373, Macmillan

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• Won? He’s one of them! How exactly is that winning?” Michael shook his head, moved up behind her, and put his hands on her shoulders. He kissed the nape of her neck gently. “I don’t know, Eve. I’m just telling you what I heard. He got some kind of agreement out of the vampires. And it was because Amelie loved him.” “Yeah, loved him enough to kill him and turn him into a bloodsucking fiend,” Eve said grimly. “How sweet. Romance isn’t dead. Oh, wait. It is.

  Rachel Caine

  Sweet, Winning, Agreement

  Rachel Caine (2007). “The Dead Girls' Dance: The Morganville Vampires”, p.146, Penguin

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• Once I learned, I went online and ordered every romance novel I could find. They're fairy tales for grown-ups.

  Gena Showalter

  Fairy Tale, Online, Tales

  Gena Showalter (2016). “The Darkest Night”, p.160, HQN Books

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• Nellie grinned. "I always wanted to go to Venice. It's supposed to be the romance capital of the world." "Sweet," put in Dan. "Too bad your date is an Egyptian Mau on a hunger strike." The au pair sighed. "Better than an eleven-year-old with a big mouth.

  Gordon Korman

  Sweet, Hunger Strike, Years

  Gordon Korman (2011). “The 39 Clues #2: One False Note”, p.89, Scholastic Inc.

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• Nerd girls are the world’s most underutilized romantic resource. And guys, do not tell me that nerd girls are not hot because that shows a Paris Hilton-esque failure to understand hotness.

  John Green

  Girl, Real, Paris

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