love

"A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment."

"All I want from you is to trust me with what little you can, and grow in loving people around you with the same love I share with you. It's not your job to change them, or to convince them. You are free to love without an agenda."

"My head’ll explode if I continue with this escapism."

"Love is a bicycle with two pancakes for wheels. You may see love as more of an exercise in hard work, but I see it as more of a breakfast on the go."

"Only the united beat of sex and heart together can create ecstasy."

"My shoulder will never be the same. I expect you to nurse me back to health."

"Oh Jake,"Brett said, "We could have had such a damned good time together."Ahead was a mounted policeman in khaki directing traffic. He raised his baton. The car slowed suddenly, pressing Brett against me.Yes,"I said. "Isn't it pretty to think so?"

"I hold it true, whate'er befall;I feel it when I sorrow most;'Tis better to have loved and lostThan never to have loved at all."

"I look at you, and I think about you, and ... I don't know. No one has ever confounded me the way you do."

"A kiss on the beach when there is a full moon is the closest thing to heaven."

"The voice of Love seemed to call to me, but it was a wrong number."

"I had a dream about you. Our relationship faded from red to white, and somewhere in the middle, in the pink zone, I told you I loved you and you returned it. However, at white, our relationship went black and I sought red in the arms of another woman."

"Being a survivor doesn't mean being strong - it's telling people when you need a meal or a ride, company, whatever. It's paying attention to heart wisdom, feelings, not living a role, but having a unique, authentic life, having something to contribute, finding time to love and laugh. All these things are qualities of survivors."

"Even the strongest and bravest must sometimes weep. It shows they have a great heart, one that can feel compassion for others."

"Some people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them,"I said."Right, of course. But you keep the promise anyway. That's what love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway."

"The scariest thing about distance is that you don’t know whether they’ll miss you or forget you."

"Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives."

"Vladimir did great things—so could she. Besides, they come first, right?""Not always."I stared. I'd had they come first drilled into me since I was a child. It was what all guardians believed. Only the dhampirs who'd run away from their duty didn't subscribe to that. What he said was almost like treason."Sometimes, Rose, you have to know when to put yourself first."

"Unrequited love is the only possible way to give yourself to another without being held in indentured servitude."

"Lover? I don't know. I don't know if she loves me. I don't know if I love her. All I can say is, she's the one I think about. All the time. She's the voice I want to hear. She's the face I hope to see."