#roman

There are hours for rest, and hours for wakefulness; nights for sobriety and nights for drunkenness—(if only so that possession of the former allows us to discern the latter when we have it; for sad as it is, no human body can be happily drunk all the time). ↗

— Roman Payne

#drunkenness #happiness #payne #rest #roman

Nu, n-am nevoie de scuze. Mi-era dor de iubire… Un dor vechi şi cumplit. ↗

— Cella Serghi

#cella-serghi #roman #roman

Fond and protective equals love? I wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry. ↗

— Rachel Hartman

#romance #seraphina #equality

Memories were fine but you couldn't touch them, smell them or hold them. They were never exactly as the moment was, and they faded with time. ↗

— Cecelia Ahern

#memory

There was nothing sweet or gentle in our last kiss; it was filled with sorrow and desperation, of the bitter knowledge that we could've had something perfect, but it just wasn't meant to be. ↗

— Julie Kagawa

#sorrow

A woman has but two loves in life: the one who broke her heart and the one she spends the rest of her life with." - Carolyn Chase, former Broadcast Journalist and heroine Kate Theodore's mother ↗

— Liz Newman

#quotes-about-heartbreak #romance #women-s-fiction #women-s-strength #life

How much time do I get in exchange for that rose?” For the rose, a short engagement. For the speech, you get a lifetime.” I can live with that,” he said, and kissed her. ↗

— Laura Lee Guhrke

#speech

If you want romance, fuck a journalist. ↗

— W.H. Auden

#romance #sex #journalist

Is it not love that knows how to make smooth things rough and rough things smooth? ↗

— Vikram Seth

#philosophical #romantic #equality

Don't get your panties in such a twist... and give me back mine. ↗

— E.L. James

#fifty-shades #romance #giving