romance

"I bleed ink for her, because her name is written on my heart. She’s the author of all the love I have to give."

"I didn’t know what to call it, what was happening between us, but I liked it. It felt silly and fragile and good."

"James - "Are you paying attention or just trying to make me look like an idoit?"Elizabeth - "Oh, I'm definately paying attention. If you look like an idiot it has nothing to do with me."

"...whether he stayed or left, whether they walked the same path or not. They could live on opposite sides of the world, and she would still be his."

"I'll follow you to the next life if I have to,"he whispered harshly in her ear. "You'll never be free of me. I'll chase you through heaven and hell and beyond."He continued to whisper without stopping while his hands gripped her body close to his. "You stay with me, Holly,"he muttered savagely. "Don't do this to me. You stay, damn you."

"I've found that there is always some beauty left -- in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you."

"Point is, maybe some people wouldn't want to be around me all day, but there are people out there who would. And they're smart and funny. And they like some of the same things I like and hate some of the things I hate, but they also introduce me to all kinds of new things. That's as close to 'meant to be' as I can imagine."

"Forget men, I want to marry my MacBook. It’s dependable, reliable and you can even go shopping with it."

"Beatrix, do you know what happens to girls who ask such naughty questions?”“They’re ravished in haylofts?” she inquired hopefully."

"The sun rose and tinted the sky rose, that floral red teeming with romance, and it filtered in thoughts of the love I used to have for her."

"Love is a game of tic-tac-toe,constantly waitingfor the next x or o."

"You lose yourself, Erica, because with the right person, who you become together is something so much greater, more than you could even realize right now."

"She said it was beautiful to be loved, and that it made everything on earth look brighter."

"She’s twelve hours in the future, and exactly half a world away. No matter how hard I try, I will always be a part of her past."

"I could still feel the ghost of him hovering in the quiet, dark recess of my heart. It was as if he was just waiting for me to be lonely, or to let my guard down, so that he could surface and fill my mind again with thoughts of him."

"Let go,"he advised me, and I loosened my grip on his hands. "No, not of me,"he said, smiling. "You can hold on to me as long as you want. Let go of the pain, Sookie. Let go. You need to drift away."It was the first time I had relinquished my will to someone else. As I looked at him, it became easy, and I retreated from the suffering and uncertainty of this strange place."

"Find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go."

"Poor fellow! I think he is in love with you.'I am not aware of it. And to me it is one of the most odious things in a girl's life, that there must always be some supposition of falling in love coming between her and any man who is kind to her... I have no ground for the nonsensical vanity of fancying everybody who comes near me is in love with me."

"Attraction is not an option."

"I’ve been working hard to become the kind of man she needs, the kind of man she already believes me to be."