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Romance Quotes
"I require three things in a man: he must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid."
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"You are encased in my heart."
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"Finally, I laugh. Genuine and normal sounding. And then my date says the best thing that he couldpossibly say: 'It's okay. I haven't been on one of these [dates] in a while either.My smile triples in size.Josh grins. 'Just give me your hand.'W"what?'Your hand, he repeats. 'Give it to me.I extend my shaking right hand. And " in a moment that is a hundred dreams come true " JoshuaWasserstein laces his fingers through mine. A staggering shock of energy shoots straight into myveins. Straight into my heart.'There, he says. 'I've been waiting a long time to do that."
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"Dearest Cecilia, You'd be forgiven for thinking me mad, the way I acted this afternoon. The truth is I feel rather light headed and foolish in your presence, Cee, and I don't think I can blame the heat."
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"She's so beautiful it hurts. Golden blond hair flows past her shoulders. Those gorgeous violet eyes shouldn't be so wide with fear. I've dreamed of being this close to her again. I ache to gather her in my arms and keep her safe from the world...to be her protector, but I can't be that man."
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"If I am destined to be happy with you here-how short is the longest Life-I wish to believe in immortality-I wish to live with you for ever."
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"It wouldn't be fair to Chevy, and it wouldn't be fair to me. The love I had for him was consuming and powerful and raw. I briefly close my eyes as memories of Chevy's hands on my body and his lips on mine cause warmth to curl in my bloodstream...Even when we fought, we never had problems with attraction."
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"Give me another chance. Earlier tonight, you hoped I would be your first. I really did feel honored. I was just caught way off guard, so I fronted a little and rushed upstairs. But when I got to the top, I leaned back against my door and had to catch my breath. I couldn't fucking believe it."
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"When the storm comes it is your soulmate who pulls out the umbrella and shelters you until the rainbow comes."
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"I have nothing against romance. I believe that we must hold on to the right to dream and to be romantic. But an Indian village is not something that I would romanticize that easily."
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"It's just that when you're standing beside an open window at twilight, you can say more toeach other than in bright sunshine. It's also easier to whisper your feelings than toshout them from the rooftops."
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"For women, the best aphrodisiacs are words. The G-spot is in the ears. He who looks for it below there is wasting his time."
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"I want you to spend the night, you said. And it was definitely your phrasing that ensured it. If you had said, "Let's have sex, or "Let's go to my place, or even "I really want you, I'm not sure we would have gone quite as far as we did. But I loved the notion that the night was mine to spend, and I immediately decided to spend it with you."
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"I want someone to sit beside after the day's pursuit and all its anguish, after its listening, and its waitings, and its suspicions. After quarrelling and reconciliation I need privacy - to be alone with you, to set this hubbub in order. For I am as neat as a cat in my habits."
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"You're not going to start screaming sonnets outside my bedroom window, are you?He winked. 'I just might."
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"Can you blame me, my dear, for looking on this attachment as a romantic folly inspired by that cursed Shakespeare who will poke his nose where he is not wanted?"
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"And awakening, at that moment, to the thrilling prospect of complete surrender, not just of one's lips but of one's entire body to a lover's mercy, we recognized that the gap between compassion and surrender is love's darkest, deepest region."
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"How bad is it? she asked. 'Not bad. 'You always wince when it's not bad. Hawk chuckled. Theo scowled at him. 'It's a little overly sensitive because I broke it six months ago. 'I guess grace doesn't come with the royal package, she teased. 'My royal package is better than anyone else's. Trust me."
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"It was a mating dance only slightly more dignified than presenting like a mandrill, but endearing in its own fashion."
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"I love himnot because he's handsomebut because he's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."
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"I have named you queen.There are taller than you, taller.There are purer than you, purer.There are lovelier than you, lovelier.But you are the queen.When you go through the streetsNo one recognizes you.No one sees your crystal crown, no one looksAt the carpet of red goldThat you tread as you pass,The nonexistent carpet.And when you appearAll the rivers soundIn my body, bellsShake the sky,And a hymn fills the world.Only you and I,Only you and I, my love,Listen to it."
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"And he leans in, so carefully. Breathing and not breathing and hearts beating between us and he's so close, he's so close and I can't feel my legs anymore. I can't feel my fingers or the cold or the emptiness of this room because all I feel is him, everywhere, filling everything and he whispers"Please."He says, "Please don't shoot me for this."
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"Of course I remember you." My voice is a strangled whisper. I squeeze my eyes shut. "You were the only one who ever looked at me like a human being."
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"I cannot quit your love without dying."
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"Surprises are one of the secrets of a good relationship. Find someone who, out of the blue, will grab you, and a blanket, take you to a secluded spot and canoodle as the sun rises..."
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"Love enters your heart a spark and exists your soul a flame."
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"Anyway, I think Florence and I noticed each other before the local train screeched to a halt at the 110th Street station, because as I boarded it felt as though we were supposed to step into the same car, and hold onto the same moist metal bar. My wishful hunch now seems confirmed by the way she's reading her Time magazine article next to me."
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"I don't have any fancy story, about the way we fell in love.It was that one awkward move, and the next I remember, I was looking at you."
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"Those eyes. I felt like they pierced right through me; that if I didn't break away now, they would peel me open to see what lay beneath. Deep within, the dragon stirred, growling. She didn't like this human, I realized. Maybe he scared her, or the intensity of his gaze reminded her of a predator. Or maybe she felt that, if I stared at him much longer, I would lose myself in those stormy eyes and forget all about a certain golden-eyed rogue, waiting for me in the darkness."
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"Yes, I can see why so many are taken with you. You're so, so, so..' Vincent's words trailed off. He gazed off into the trees. 'What's the word I'm looking for?''Adorably handsome?' Breccan offered with a smug smile.'Incredibly stuck on yourself.'Vincent quickly gave his retort. 'Seriously, you're not that cute. And I mean that in every offending way possible."
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"I've never met anyone who loves in the same way. But that's the beauty of finding the heart meant for yours. The right love will accept the 'not so lovable' parts of you too."
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