#roma

You’re like that single wild flower that grows from the crack in the pavement: miraculous growth with no water source or fertile soil. A person walking by would step around that flower to avoid crushing it. It’s not like the field of wild flowers you tromp through carelessly, crushing them under your feet, knowing that the next day will bring a hundred more. ↗

— J.B. Salsbury

#personal-growth

Holy bad boy Batman! ↗

— A. Meredith Walters

#new-adult #romance #new-adult

I don’t get where he gets off thinking he should be able to have his cake and eat it too because news flash, this cake store is fucking closed.--Lane ↗

— Michelle A. Valentine

#new-adult-romance #rock-star #new-adult

Fuck the entire world. All that matters is what you think of me.--Noel ↗

— Michelle A. Valentine

#new-adult-romance #rockstar #new-adult

Yes we do. If I don’t have you soon, I’m going to implode. Can’t you see that? I want you to be with me. I can’t stand all these guys coming on to you. The fact that I’m not allowed to do a God damn thing about it because you’re not mine is killing me.”--Noel ↗

— Michelle A. Valentine

#new-adult-romance #rockstar #new-adult

The wind and the sea and the storm were his domain and I wanted nothing to do with them any longer. I just wanted Cain. ↗

— Jennifer Silverwood

#fantasy-romance #mythical-romance #new-adult-romance #paranormal-romance #new-adult

Events That Haunt The Mind And Scar It With Nightmares Are Never What They Seem... ↗

— P.W. Creighton

#new-adult #nightfall #paranormal #paranormal-romance #paranormal-suspense

Annabeth,” he said hesitantly, “in New Rome, demigods can live their whole lives in peace.” Her expression turned guarded. “Reyna explained it to me. But, Percy, you belong at Camp Half-Blood. That other life—” “I know,” Percy said. “But while I was there, I saw so many demigods living without fear: kids going to college, couples getting married and raising families. There’s nothing like that at Camp Half-Blood. I kept thinking about you and me…and maybe someday when this war with the giants is over…” It was hard to tell in the golden light, but he thought Annabeth was blushing. “Oh,” she said… “I’m sorry,” he said. “I just…I had to think of that to keep going. To give me hope. Forget I mentioned—” “No!” she said. “Gods, Percy, that’s so sweet. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#hope #percy-jackson #percy-jackson-and-the-olympians #relationships #reyna

To those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor that the protected will never know. ↗

— P. McCree Thornton

#freedom

You’re far too prickly tempered to be a mistress. You’re far better suited as a wife. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#historical-romance #lisa-kleypas #funny