#roman

The collar had restrained his winds but not killed them. They uncoiled from behind the shadows, ready to surround her, to lift her up, to carry her away with only Ariel’s silk-clad arms wrapped about her to keep her from falling. Spirare, they whispered to her like an incantation. Breathe us in. Bertie didn’t mean to, but she inhaled, and everything inside her was a spring morning, a rose opening its petals to the sun, the light coming through the wavering glass of an old, diamond-paned window. Tendrils of wind reached for Bertie with a coaxing hand. Release him, and he will love you. ↗

— Lisa Mantchev

#ariel #bertie #romance-novels #wind #love

You were twisting your wet hair up into a ponytail, and then you saw us, and you smiled...." "Then why didn't you-" "Because you were smiling for him. And I would have had to have been an idiot to get in between that. ↗

— Mandy Hubbard

#romantic #sacrifice #love

The world is dyed with the color of blood. It will never be able to go back to the way it was before. ↗

— Matsuri Hino

#romance #vampire-knight #love

It was more than that, he said, looking down briefly at her. Love fades when you die. I am clearly dead, but my love for her hasn't diminished. It still burns inside me like a flicker in a flame. ↗

— Rachel M. Greenebaum

#char-wales #fairy-tale #love #romance #the-wales-boy

If you try to find a replacement, you'll be sadly disappointed, I can't be replaced. I'm the only man in all the world who possesses the right combination of qualities for you.You can turn your Ballister stare upon me all you like, but you can't petrify me. You can knock me about to your heart's content without worrying about doing any damage. You can perpetrate any sort of outrage your wicked mind conceives and be sure I'll join in, with a will. You're a troublemaker, Lydia. A Ballister devil. Nothing less than a Mallory hellion would ever suit you." - Vere Mallory - ↗

— Loretta Chase

#possessiveness #romance #love

His hands may have been the one to heal you, but it will be mine that awaken you. ↗

— Charlotte Featherstone

#romance #love

You like me not because I like you. I like you just because I like me. ↗

— Santosh Kalwar

#love #philosophy #romantic #love

...Aku ingin kau tahu, diam-diam, aku selalu menitipkan harapan yang sama ke dalam beribu-ribu rintik hujan: aku ingin hari depanku selalu bersamamu... ↗

— Yoana Dianika

#hujan #love-story #romantic #love

Kalau kamu percaya takdir, aminkan dalam hati, kita bertemu lagi suatu hari nanti ↗

— Robin Wijaya

#romance #love

It was a message from her. A reminder—here among hundreds of people—of a moment that had been theirs alone. ↗

— Veronica Rossi

#romance #togetherness #love