romance

"I'm a terrible prince. I should put my kingdom first and everything else second, but your first. I want you by my side every second, but I know I would crumble if I lost you."

"Say 'provoking' again. Your mouth looks provocative when you do."

"You don’t need to have a fight before great sex. I can keep my cool and still bring the heat every time."

"Please, touch me, I pray."

"I seem to have run in a great circle, and met myself again on the starting line."

"I thought the force of my wanting must wake ye, surely. And then ye did come. . ."He stopped, looking at me with eyes gone soft and dark. "Christ, Claire, ye were so beautiful, there on the stair, wi' your hair down and the shadow of your body with the light behind ye…."He shook his head slowly. "I did think I should die, if I didna have ye,"he said softly. "Just then."

"What he did to my heart was sheer, inexplicable, magic."

"Do you know how many ways love can hit you? So it makes you happy, or miserable? It makes you sick in the belly or hurt in the heart. It makes everything brighter and sharper, or it blurs all the edges. It makes you feel like a king or a fool. Every way love can hit you, it's hit me when it comes to you"

"I suppose it’s not a social norm, and not a manly thing to do — to feel, discuss feelings. So that’s what I’m giving the finger to. Social norms and stuff…what good are social norms, really? I think all they do is project a limited and harmful image of people. It thus impedes a broader social acceptance of what someone, or a group of people, might actually be like."

"Was this some new level of depravity? Had he developed a spinster fetish?"

"I heard what you said. I’m not the silly romantic you think. I don’t want the heavens or the shooting stars. I don’t want gemstones or gold. I have those things already. I want…a steady hand. A kind soul. I want to fall asleep, and wake, knowing my heart is safe. I want to love, and be loved."

"The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud."

"Love flows like flowers, and grows like water. I’m so thirsty for romance I could drink a dozen roses."

"Every day I think today could be my last day. My only fear is dying without telling her I love her one more time. All I pray for is one more time."

"There's someone for everyone. And when my clones get here, everyone will be able to have that someone. Prices start at $99."

"Listen, I'm bossy. I can't help it. It's who I am and what I do. I'm pushy and I like to take over. But I'm going to work really hard not to do so much and your going to try and accept me the way I am. Flaws and all. Because I'm good in bed and I can carry heavy things and reach all the high shelves."

"I have tried to let you go and I cannot. I cannot stop thinking of you. I cannot stop dreaming about you."

"I always wear roller skates when I ride my bicycle. The more wheels the better, and that's what makes me a better lover. You know you want to go for a spin. I'll bring the record player, if you bring 1982 and her little sister, Elton John."

"Three years? That's a thousand tomorrows, ma'am."

"[Bobby Tom] finally understood Gracie's function in his life. She was God's joke on him."