#romance

"I’ll affect you slowlyas if you were having a picnic in a dream. There will be no ants.It won’t rain."

"..he wanted her.And at another time, as another man, he would have her. Without hesitation. As lover. . . as more."

"Having sex multiple times on the first sleepover does not count as more than one “date”…"

"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."

"When would he learn that women never stayed where you put them?"

"A dragon just gave me a piece of jewelry,” she said. She took another swig and handed the bottle back to Graydon. “Have I been added to his hoard?”He shook his head and drank too. “No, cupcake,” he said. “I’m pretty sure you’ve replaced it."

"Based on the questions we both answered, we’re a 0% love match. That means we’re 100% compatible, once I enlighten her to the correct perspective on life."

"You make the rest of the beautiful things in the world cry for even trying at all. You make it hard for me to breathe."

"Here’s what I know: death abducts the dying, but grief steals from those left behind."

"To see the years touch ye gives me joy", he whispered, "for it means that ye live."

"Certein bodies... become luminous when heated. Their luminosity disappears after some time, but the capacity of becoming luminous afresh through heat is restored to them by the action of a spark, and also by the action of radium."

"Yes, men are pigs. Except your brother, of course. He's actually a decent human being. Almost a woman.-Jillian's mother"

"He leaned upon her as if there was no other support anywhere in the world, and she held him as if she would undertake no other task for all eternity."

"I tried to think of something to say. Excuse me? Hello? Marry me? Anything would have done."

"The most difficult aspect of moving on is accepting that the other person already did."

"Law looked dumbstruck, almost angry. He breathed, "Son of a bitch."And to Tom's surprise, Law got down on one knee and took his hand. "Tom, you beloved bastard, I love you. I need you in my life forever. I cannot imagine existence without you. Will you-God please say yes-grant me the honor and the privilege and save my life and marry me?"

"I am yours,"he whispered. "I live to hold you, Risa. I breathe to touch you."

"I’ve never been the one. Not for anybody.”He closed the distance between them. “You’ll get used to it.” He tipped her face up to his, kissed her.“Why? Why am I the one?”“Because my life opened up, and it flooded with color when you walked back into it."

"Just remember that the only question in a house is who is to rule. The rest is only dancing around that, trying not to look it in the eye."

"Don’t make a feller wait too long. A feller waiting on a gal can get ornery’er than a huntin’ dog that’s tree’d it’s squirrel."