#roman

That made love—not grace—the magic ingredient. Then a new thought hit her. Perhaps love was grace. A shiver went up her spine. What did that make anger? The antithesis of grace? ↗

— Penelope Marzec

#disability #inspirational #lawyer #police-officer #romance

Fresh, sweet honeysuckle. Ripe and rich and ready to be fucked-- PLUCKED, he corrected himself, ready to be plucked. ↗

— Christine Warren

#romance #humor

The gigantic Gaul derided the Roman soldiers as a band of pigmies. ↗

— John Lothrop Motley

#gaul #gigantic #roman #soldiers

Vatican II was a force that seized the mind of the Roman Catholic Church and carried it across centuries from the 13th to the 20th. ↗

— Lance Morrow

#carried #catholic #catholic church #centuries #church

He heard the voice that had called to him in dreams, had saved him from the sands and from following his brother into the river. ↗

— V.S. Carnes

#romance #dreams

There was nowhere I could go that wouldn't be you. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#love #lovers #romance #separation #love

Would you like some sacred chocolate?' a girl asked, appearing suddenly at Lara's side. 'They've very special chocolates,' she said, pushing a plate of the goods in Lara's direction. 'They're raw and sweetened with Stevia.' Stevia, huh? Lara grabbed a chocolate truffle and popped it into her mouth, winking at the girl. She hoped the 'stevia' would kick in soon, because frankly, it looked like these women were having a better time than she'd had in ages. ↗

— Lola Salt

#humour #romance-novels #age

The Germanic invasions destroyed neither the Mediterranean unity of the ancient world, nor what may be regarded as the truly essential features of the Roman culture as it still existed in the 5th century, at a time when there was no longer an Emperor in the West. ↗

— Henri Pirenne

#century #culture #destroyed #emperor #essential

If I looked like him,” Tara said. “I’d want to have sex with myself. All the time. ↗

— Jill Shalvis

#humour #romance #romantic-comedy #funny

Did the Ancient Greeks ever write anything funny—like slapstick? I mean, I think I speak for everyone when I say that there’s nothing wrong with a little bit of well-written physical comedy. ↗

— Elle Lothlorien

#funny