#m

A lot of good the door did. The man's pheromones oozed through the keyhole and the crack underneath the panelled wood. ↗

— Stephanie Bond

#romantic

It's going to be okay. Donny doesn't know it yet, but he just picked a fight with the wrong bunch of guys." -- Julian Darcangelo ↗

— Pamela Clare

#romantic-suspense #romantic

Like wine, Provençal magic had its own distinctive terroir. It was rich and chaotic and romantic. It was a night-magic, confabulated out of moons and silver, wine and blood, knights and fairies, wind and rivers and forests. It concerned itself with good and evil but also with the vast intermediate realm in between, the realm of mischief. ↗

— Lev Grossman

#magic #romantic

If he could bottle her strength and vitality, he would. He would take everything that was Tessa and lock it into a corner of his heart, to take out when the emptiness got too overwhelming. ↗

— Taryn Elliott

#romantic

Romantic Ireland's dead and gone It's with O' Leary in the grave (September 1913) ↗

— W.B. Yeats

#irish-politics #yeats #romantic

Non era stata mia intenzione amarlo, e avevo fatto di tutto per estirpare dal mio animo i germi dell'amore che vi avevo scovato; e ora, non appena l'avevo rivisto, essi risorgevano spontaneamente più forti e più gagliardi! Anche senza che lo guardassi si faceva amare. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#jane-eyre #romantic #romantic

I was shaking when our lips parted and he leaned his forehead against mine, his fingers carding through my hair, my hands on his face. "I won't let them," Rafael said. "I won't let anyone take you away. I'll protect you. I'll always protect you. I don't care how. I just will. ↗

— Rose Christo

#romantic

If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much. ↗

— Mark Twain

#cats #dogs #grace #reticence #words

I like you but you mightn't feel the same way about me, and I wouldn't blame you. To save us both from any awkward moments I've figured out an easy way to do this. Nod if you're even slightly interested in getting to know me. Write a ten page explanation if you're not. ↗

— Bill Condon

#love #romantic #love

Truth is not as pompous and romantic as myth ... but it has the immeasurable value of being the Truth. ↗

— Felix Alba-Juez

#philosophy #science #romantic