#roman

He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#romantic

My looks are other peoples' problem because I don't have to look at myself. ↗

— Gerry Burnie

#romantic

The accent was warm and soft and undeniably Northern. When I turned around, I was staring into a pair of beautiful crystal-blue eyes. “Wow,” I whispered. I scanned the paint swatches, wondering if such a shade of blue would look good on the exterior of my house. “Mr. Johnson said you might need help selecting paint.” “It’s impossible,” I muttered. “I just wanted to buy some blue paint. Why is this so complicated?” The handsome man stepped closer to my side. “It isn’t, really. Just pick what you like.” I like crystal-blue. Luckily, I didn’t say those words aloud. ↗

— Sydney Logan

#family #love #romance #beauty

He loves me. Inside his head, his every thought and reaction was born of love, love inside and out, crazy, irrational (and sure, a bit lustful) love. He loves me, and that's also what terrified him when he saw me all lit up like a Christmas tree. He doesn't know what I am, but he loves me. ↗

— Cynthia Hand

#love

Surely--But I am very off from that. From surely. From indeed. From the decent arrow that was my clean naivete and my faith. This morning, men deliver wounds and death. They will deliver death and wounds tomorrow. And I doubt all. You. Or a violet. ↗

— Gwendolyn Brooks

#romance #war #death

My husband does so many romantic things for me, it's absurd. ↗

— Jennifer Beals

#does #husband #many #me #romantic

I didn’t have to look at him to know I’d just lost everything I’d ever wanted because I felt it. I felt the loss seep into bone and tissue. I felt it settle between the cracks in my heart and the empty holes in my soul. ↗

— Julie Bale

#julie-bale #new-adult #new-adult-romance #romance #beauty

We are in desperate need of a well-done romantic lesbian comedy. ↗

— Jill Bennett

#desperate #lesbian #need #romantic

I will never forget experiencing Venice for the first time. It feels like you are transported to another time - the art, music, food and pure romance in the air is like no other place. ↗

— Elizabeth Berkley

#another #another time #art #experiencing #feels

Building a little bonfire at night on the beach and lying on a blanket with my wife under the stars is not only sexy, it's romantic. ↗

— Benjamin Bratt

#blanket #bonfire #building #little #lying