“ He swallowed hard and looked deep into my eyes so intensely, I tried hard not to look away. I didn’t want him to see how mildly scared of him I was. I touched the hand in his lap and he answered. Mercy Cortez
“ Need we go into details about what I said to Judy? I am no poet, and I suppose what I said was very much what everybody always says, and although I remember her as speaking golden words, I cannot reca… Robertson Davies
“ Love is the thing that corrodes the mind and pushes it to do the unimaginable. Love is the thorn that barbs into your flesh and makes you bleed a slow, torturous death. Love is the prison that confine… Dahlia L. Summers
“ It is a perfect deception when you can lie to yourself and believe it. You cannot love two people the same. One will always fall by the shadows…even if that one is you. Michelle Horst
“ It was my idea. It's the safest way, but it's strange pretending to be something different. It's like there's a glass wall between us. Like I can't touch him or ... reach him. I don't like the way it… Veronica Rossi
“ Infatuation is measured in pleasure. Love is measured in pain. Behold the value of pain! Anthony Marais
“ Some folks say that you can’t get rid of a problem until you shuck it. So, brother, let’s start shucking. Richard Puz
“ They’d dueled in the lamplight of her kitchen that night, savaging each other with accusations that could never be recalled. Now, he couldn’t remember half of what they’d said, only the colors and lig… Lauren Gilley
“ Say it back," he begs.I don't. He offers those words so freely, I'm not sure he realizes how much weight they carry. You have to love yourself before you can love another. You have to see what they se… Katt Sterling
“ People say when something stops growing, it dies; I don't think it's the same with love. Even when love stops growing because there's nothing to nurtures it, it doesn't die; it just stays somewhere in… Tayo Emmanuel
“ I’ve lost control of the simple act of being able to breathe. I’m hyperventilating. “I don’t need you to show me how to breathe,” I say. “You don’t?” He looks skeptical. “I think I can handle the simp… Adriana Law
“ Love is so unpredictable. Sometimes you'll know a man for years and then one day, boom! Suddenly you see him in a different way. And other times, it's that first date, that first moment. That's what m… Sarah Dessen
“ Falling for someone can be a lot like playing roulette. You don't know what will happen when you place that bet, but you can take a deep breath anyway and put all the chips out there. And when the bal… Ilsa Madden-Mills
“ Because when you cared about people, you handed them a little piece of your heart, and with those hands, they had the power to cause pain. Shelley Coriell
“ I guess it’s always romantic when two people fall in love.... Even if it turns out not to be real. Jennifer Egan
